Probably you are calling this before Activity.onCreate(), which is
where the mInstrumentation field is set.
Note that calling into an activity from a Service like this is pretty
sketchy -- you will need to be very very careful about activity
lifecycle and updating the service as the activity changes.
On Nov 10, 2:22 pm, dreamerBoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for your reply - ha ha, wouldn't that be nice if it were that
> simple. Nope, I checked the return from the Uri.parse - not null.
>
> I got a hold of the Android source code. It is crashing here in
> Activity.java:
>
> public void startActivityForResult(Intent intent, int
> requestCode) {
> if (mParent == null) {
> Instrumentation.ActivityResult ar =
> ----->>> mInstrumentation.execStartActivity(
> this, mMainThread.getApplicationThread(), mToken,
> th ....
>
> intent, requestCode);
>
> Apparently, mInstrumentation is null.
> mInstrumentation is set in a routine called attach in Activity.java.
>
> I am trying to launch the Activity inside a Service - I don't see
> anything that says that's illegal. However, clearly, I'm not giving
> Android something that it wants.
>
> Still scratching my head on this one for the time being...
>
> On Nov 7, 6:10 pm, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > You don't check if Uri.parse returns null, do you?
>
> > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 3:53 PM, dreamerBoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > I'm attempting to initiate an outgoing call from inside a Service.
>
> > > In onStart(), I create an ACTION_CALL Intent, then attempt to start an
> > > Activity
>
> > > myIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL, Uri.parse("tel:" +
> > > phoneNumber));
>
> > > initiateCall.startActivityForResult(myIntent,
> > > CALL_SETUP_ACTIVITY_ID);
>
> > > However, when I run the code I get a NullPointerException. Clearly,
> > > the intent and activity are non-null, so I'm wondering what Android is
> > > lacking here.
>
> > > 11-07 13:24:19.801: INFO/PhoneTestService(1250): onCreate called
> > > 11-07 13:24:19.801: INFO/PhoneTestService(1250): onStart called
> > > 11-07 13:24:19.801: INFO/PhoneTestService(1250): doIt called
> > > 11-07 13:24:19.811: DEBUG/PhoneTestService(1250): creating
> > > initiateCall activity
> > > 11-07 13:24:19.811: DEBUG/PhoneTestService(1250): initiateCall is NOT
> > > NULL!!!!!
> > > 11-07 13:24:19.820: INFO/PhoneTestService(1250): phone state is:
> > > CALL_STATE_IDLE
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.601: INFO/PhoneTestService(1250): starting to listen
> > > Fri Nov 07 13:24:19 PST 2008
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.622: INFO/PhoneTestService(1250): starting call intent.
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.622: DEBUG/PhoneTestService(1250): myIntent is NOT
> > > NULL!!!!!
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): ERROR:
> > > java.lang.NullPointerException
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250):
> > > java.lang.NullPointerException
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): at
> > > android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:2528)
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): at
> > > test.phone.PhoneTestService.doIt(PhoneTestService.java:254)
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): at
> > > test.phone.PhoneTestService.onStart(PhoneTestService.java:145)
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): at
> > > android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:2429)
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): at
> > > android.app.ActivityThread.access$3100(ActivityThread.java:112)
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): at
> > > android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1640)
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): at
> > > android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:88)
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): at
> > > android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): at
> > > android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3742)
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): at
> > > java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): at
> > > java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): at
> > > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit
> > > $MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:739)
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): at
> > > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:497)
> > > 11-07 13:24:21.632: ERROR/PhoneTestService(1250): at
> > > dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
>
> > > Don't know where to go from here...
>
> > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > > <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";
> > > package="test.phone"
> > > android:versionCode="1"
> > > android:versionName="1.0.0">
> > > <application>
> > > <activity android:name=".PhoneTest"
> > > android:label="@string/app_name">
> > > <intent-filter>
> > > <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
> > > <category
> > > android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
> > > </intent-filter>
> > > </activity>
> > > <activity android:name=".PhoneTestActivity">
> > > <intent-filter>
> > > <action
> > > android:name="android.intent.action.ACTION_CALL" />
> > > <category
> > > android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
> > > </intent-filter>
> > > </activity>
> > > <service android:name=".PhoneTestService"></service>
> > > </application>
>
> > > <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PHONE"></uses-
> > > permission>
> > > <uses-permission
> > > android:name="android.permission.SET_ACTIVITY_WATCHER"></uses-
> > > permission>
> > > <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.STATUS_BAR"></uses-
> > > permission>
> > > <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_DEBUG_APP"></
> > > uses-permission>
> > > <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PRIVILEGED"></
> > > uses-permission>
> > > <uses-permission
> > > android:name="android.permission.PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS"></uses-
> > > permission>
> > > <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"></
> > > uses-permission>
>
> > > </manifest>
>
> > > Any ideas appreciated.
>
> > > Thanks,
>
> > > Paul
>
> > --
> > Chris A.
> > Forthelose.net
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