Why not create a parentcontext and use this context for calling getApplicationcontext().
like Context parentcontext; parentcontext = this; //must be the contrustor, pass the calling context here. and try using parentcontext.getApplicationcontext(); -- Warm Regards, *Mukesh Kumar*, Android Consultant/Freelancer, India,Hyderabad. On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > To ellaborate, it's inside the doWakefulWork() method. > > On Jan 24, 3:16 pm, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > > In a Service... Actually, it's WakefulIntentService, extending your > > class. > > > > I only got a single report of this failure (I use ACRA) and it's in a > > commonly executed code. > > > > On Jan 24, 8:34 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Where are you executing this statement? > > > > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Has anybody seen this happen? > > > > > > I have the following line in my code: > > > > > > XmlResourceParser xml = > > > > > getAppplicationContext().getResources().getXml(R.xml.database_tables); > > > > > > Somebody reported a NPE on that line, so it can either be > > > > getAppplicationContext() or getResources() returning a null. The > > > > same line works for countless other users. > > > > > > Anybody has any clues? > > > > > > -- > > > > 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 > > > > > -- > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com| > http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > > > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books-Hide quoted > text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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
