Thanks Brad. I did narrow it down to my emulator. If I run the same process without using the emulator, it runs fine. It looks like some sort of permissions or framework issue within the emulator.
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Brad Gies <[email protected]> wrote: > I have had the same problem... It's not the Exception that is null, it's > that getMessage() returns null. > > In some catch blocks (I think mainly or only to do with HTTPClient, but it > may happen also with JSON Exceptions... I can't remember) calling > e.getMessage() returns null since I updated my SDK to 2.2, and it caused > major issues because I normally wrote that to a log file, which meant that > my catch block was creating an exception.... > > Would love to know the reason... And would be even better if it got fixed. > > In the meantime, I'm doing this in my catch block if I use the message for > ANYTHING: > > String message = ex.getMessage(); > if (message == null) > message = "null"; > > Then I write the message... It's a major pain... > > I don't have an answer for you either... just letting you know it's not just > you :) > > Sincerely, > > Brad Gies > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb > http://bgies.com http://nocrappyapps.com > http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com > http://ihottonight.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) > > Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the > successful happy ones - Brad Gies > > Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad > Gies > > Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can > change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead > > > On 19/10/2010 9:35 PM, Johnny Molina wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I have recently hit a snag using the Android plugin to Eclipse. For >> some reason, ALL of my errors being thrown don't initialize and show >> me the error. Has anyone ever seen this issue before and if so, what >> did you do to correct it? >> >> In particular, I am seeing it when I try to invoke the HTTPGet in a >> HTTPClient object. If I have no connectivity, then I should get an >> error. The Catch block does fire when this occurs...however, when I >> check my general Exception object, the object is NULL (NULL Pointer). >> Why would this happen if the catch is grabbing the exception? >> >> My exceptions used to be working....and I was able to see the stack >> trace. However, I can no longer see any stack trace regardless of the >> Exception class I am using. Can someone please help me understand what >> the heck is wrong with Eclipse, Android, or both? Is there something I >> am missing on the configuration side?...is this a bug? >> >> Mind you, I have already used Stack Overflow for this question. It has >> been viewed 40 times but no answer yet. I hope anybody on here can >> help me understand why this is occurring. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> John >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
