This one hs been answered a couple of times on this forum. Use dialog = new Dialog(this); instead of dialog = new Dialog(getApplicationContext());
BR, Adrian Vintu http://adrianvintu.com On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Dirk Vranckaert <dirkvrancka...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thx for the quick response but doesn't change a thing, it gives me > exactly the same exception! > > On 15 mrt, 21:58, Kumar Bibek <coomar....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Try getBaseContext(); > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > Kumar Bibek > > > > On Mar 16, 1:50 am, Dirk Vranckaert <dirkvrancka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to create a custom dialog in my application to show an > > > about window but it ain't working. Maybe one of you knows a solution? > > > > > So I have an activity with the onCreateDialog(int id) overriden in it: > > > > > @Override > > > protected Dialog onCreateDialog(int id) { > > > Dialog dialog = null; > > > switch (id) { > > > case EPISODE_LOADING_DIALOG: > > > ... > > > case EXCEPTION_DIALOG: > > > ... > > > case ABOUT_DIALOG: > > > dialog = new > Dialog(getApplicationContext()); > > > > dialog.setContentView(R.layout.aboutdialog); > > > dialog.setTitle("MyTitle"); > > > break; > > > default: > > > ... > > > } > > > return dialog; > > > } > > > > > My aboutdialog layout files looks like this: > > > > > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > > > android" > > > android:orientation="vertical" > > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > > > android:padding="10dp" > > > > > > > <TextView android:id="@+id/aboutText" > > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > > > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > > > android:textColor="#FFF" > > > android:text="@string/aboutText" > > > /> > > > </LinearLayout> > > > > > This is exactly as described here: > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html#CustomDialog > > > However this my exception thrown: > > > > > 03-15 21:48:32.055: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): Uncaught handler: > > > thread main exiting due to uncaught exception > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): > > > android.view.WindowManager$BadTokenException: Unable to add window -- > > > token null is not for an application > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.view.ViewRoot.setView(ViewRoot.java:429) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:178) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:91) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.app.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:231) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.app.Activity.showDialog(Activity.java:2407) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > > eu.vranckaert.episodeWatcher.EpisodesWatchListActivity.onOptionsItemSelected(EpisodesWatchListActivity.java: > > > 130) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.app.Activity.onMenuItemSelected(Activity.java:2085) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > > com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.onMenuItemSelected(PhoneWindow.java: > > > 820) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuItemImpl.invoke(MenuItemImpl.java: > > > 139) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > > com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuBuilder.performItemAction(MenuBuilder.java: > > > 813) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > > com.android.internal.view.menu.IconMenuView.invokeItem(IconMenuView.java: > > > 519) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > > com.android.internal.view.menu.IconMenuItemView.performClick(IconMenuItemView.java: > > > 122) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.view.View.onTouchEvent(View.java:3828) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.widget.TextView.onTouchEvent(TextView.java:6291) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.view.View.dispatchTouchEvent(View.java:3368) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:863) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:863) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow > > > $DecorView.dispatchTouchEvent(PhoneWindow.java:1691) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1525) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3948) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit > > > $MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:782) > > > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at > > > 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