Right, fixed. passing getApplicationContext() rather than 'this' was the problem.
Thanks. On May 28, 5:26 pm, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's your problem: > > android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: Calling startActivity() from > outside of an Activity context requires the FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK > flag. Is this really what you want? > > The problem is not using a GestureOverlayView with a TextView, the > problem comes from the Context you are using. > > > > > > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 7:36 AM, MrChaz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > Anyone else run into this and have a solution? > > Basically I have a GestureOverlayView over the top of a TextView. The > > TextView has Linkify.addLinks(tv, Linkify.ALL) called on it. > > > If you click on an URL in the TextView the following exception is > > thrown > > Running 2.2 (apparently a pre-release version) > > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): FATAL EXCEPTION: main > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): > > android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: Calling startActivity() from > > outside of an Activity context requires the FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK > > flag. Is this really what you want? > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.app.ContextImpl.startActivity(ContextImpl.java:617) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.content.ContextWrapper.startActivity(ContextWrapper.java:258) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.text.style.URLSpan.onClick(URLSpan.java:62) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod.onTouchEvent(LinkMovementMethod.java > > : > > 216) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.widget.TextView.onTouchEvent(TextView.java:6577) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.view.View.dispatchTouchEvent(View.java:3766) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:936) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:936) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:936) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.gesture.GestureOverlayView.dispatchTouchEvent(GestureOverlayView.ja > > va: > > 505) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:936) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:936) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:936) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow > > $DecorView.superDispatchTouchEvent(PhoneWindow.java:1671) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.superDispatchTouchEvent(PhoneW > > indow.java: > > 1107) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.app.Activity.dispatchTouchEvent(Activity.java:2086) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow > > $DecorView.dispatchTouchEvent(PhoneWindow.java:1655) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1785) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit > > $MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626) > > 05-28 15:35:04.423: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(25209): at > > dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to provide private support. 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