And what is the DDMS tab in Eclipse? Terry
On Dec 15, 2:00 pm, Terry <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank, Kostya. > > So, you mean that I should return START_STICKY_COMPATIBILITY to avoid > this problem? > > But the actual problem then probably lies somewhere else, which may > cause the process to fail/stop in the first place. > It could be some Exception. Why are they not registered? > > Terry > > On 15 Des, 11:59, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html#onSta..., > > int, int) > > <http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html#onSta...> > > > >> > > intent The Intent supplied to|startService(Intent) > > <http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html#s...>|, > > as given. *This may be null *if the service is being restarted after its > > process has gone away, and it had previously returned anything > > except|START_STICKY_COMPATIBILITY > > <http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html#START...>|. > > > << > > > I believe the above statement is not quite correct about when the intent > > may be null, please see this as well: > > >http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html#START... > > > You can try reproducing the issue on your development device by using > > the DDMS tab in Eclipse in killing the service's process. When Android > > restarts the service a bit later, check the intent. > > > -- Kostya > > > 15.12.2011 14:36, Terry ?????: > > > > Occationally users report a NullPointerException Error at > > > MyService.onStartCommand() for some of my apps. > > > I never see this error when I try to debug the apps, and I wonder why > > > this happens. > > > I have studied the code both for the methods onStartCommand() and > > > onCreate() for the services in question, but I seem unable to find the > > > cause of the problem. I suspect that the actual reason for the crash > > > lies elsewhere. > > > > Here is the stack trace, which seems to be identical for all crashes > > > on ALL of the apps in question: > > > > java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service > > > xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.MyService@405274c8 with null: > > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > > at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java: > > > 2481) > > > at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2800(ActivityThread.java:145) > > > at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java: > > > 1118) > > > at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) > > > at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:150) > > > at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4369) > > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) > > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507) > > > at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit > > > $MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:846) > > > at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:604) > > > at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) > > > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > > > at xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.MyService.onStartCommand(MyService.java:279) > > > at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java: > > > 2464) > > > > As the Google error report system does not include device type or > > > Android os version, I do not know if this occurs only one some > > > specific devices or os version. > > > > Has anyone got an idea as to what is happening? > > > > Thank you. > > > Terry > > > -- > > Kostya Vasilyev -- 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
