That's nice advice - but in this case I think one should have a guarantee Does it make sense to receive a null intent ? Is it even possible with the current android code ?
On Thursday, July 11, 2013 9:46:00 AM UTC+3, Piren wrote: > > No point of being sure here... even if the current code is structured in a > way that it shouldn't be null, nothing says it will stay like that in all > future code revisions. > Ever since i started getting null exceptions from android (not > NullPointerException... a Null instead of an exception) i learned it's > always a good idea to check for nulls when you're supposed to receive an > object. > > On Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:01:13 AM UTC+3, Palmer Eldritch wrote: >> >> I suspect it can't be null *by construction* - I just can't pin it down >> in code (or in docs) >> >> It's nice to be sure >> >> Can somebody point to the relevant code parts ? >> >> I mean what paths lead to the onReceive being triggered ? Can we have a >> null intent in any of them ? >> >> On Thursday, July 11, 2013 4:18:09 AM UTC+3, TreKing wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Palmer Eldritch <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I mean nobody knows ?? >>>> >>>> Do you ever check the intent for being null and if not why ? >>>> >>> >>> Here's what you do. Assume it will not be null, then use ACRA or some >>> other bug-reporting tool to handle uncaught exceptions. If you get a null >>> pointer exception from here, you know it can be null. >>> >>> You're welcome. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago >>> transit tracking app for Android-powered devices >>> >> -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
