I had the same issue in my activity. I replaced new Dialog(getApplicationContext()) with new Dialog(this)
and it worked. -Peter On May 7, 7:46 am, "L'\\tty" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I tried to create a custom about dialog using the source code of > > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html#CustomDialog > > with the result that I get a BadTokenException and the message that > the view cannot be null. If I understood it correctly, the > custom_dialog.xml is a new layout file containing just the information > for the dialog and the layout_root id is not needed for the first > solution. > > The code from step 2 should be in the class where I want to display > the dialog right? At least I put it in the onCreateDialog(int id) > method. > > I also tried to implement a custom alert dialog that actually lead to > the same problem. However, the system did not know the > LAYOUT_INFLATER, is this a self defined variable or where do I get > this attribute from? > > Anyhow it seems that the dialogs have problems setting a view. Does > anybody know this error and how to avoid it? > > Regards --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

