I vaguely recall this being mentioned as a "feature" of the emulator. Seems odd, though, since it should be easy to fix and it makes debugging that much harder.
On Oct 21, 9:58 pm, John Moline <molinesys...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Brad. I did narrow it down to my emulator. If I run the same > process without using the emulator, it runs fine. It looks like some > sort of permissions or framework issue within the emulator. > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Brad Gies <rbg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have had the same problem... It's not the Exception that is null, it's > > that getMessage() returns null. > > > In some catch blocks (I think mainly or only to do with HTTPClient, but it > > may happen also with JSON Exceptions... I can't remember) calling > > e.getMessage() returns null since I updated my SDK to 2.2, and it caused > > major issues because I normally wrote that to a log file, which meant that > > my catch block was creating an exception.... > > > Would love to know the reason... And would be even better if it got fixed. > > > In the meantime, I'm doing this in my catch block if I use the message for > > ANYTHING: > > > String message = ex.getMessage(); > > if (message == null) > > message = "null"; > > > Then I write the message... It's a major pain... > > > I don't have an answer for you either... just letting you know it's not just > > you :) > > > Sincerely, > > > Brad Gies > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb > >http://bgies.com http://nocrappyapps.com > >http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com > >http://ihottonight.com > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) > > > Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the > > successful happy ones - Brad Gies > > > Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad > > Gies > > > Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can > > change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead > > > On 19/10/2010 9:35 PM, Johnny Molina wrote: > > >> Hello, > > >> I have recently hit a snag using the Android plugin to Eclipse. For > >> some reason, ALL of my errors being thrown don't initialize and show > >> me the error. Has anyone ever seen this issue before and if so, what > >> did you do to correct it? > > >> In particular, I am seeing it when I try to invoke the HTTPGet in a > >> HTTPClient object. If I have no connectivity, then I should get an > >> error. The Catch block does fire when this occurs...however, when I > >> check my general Exception object, the object is NULL (NULL Pointer). > >> Why would this happen if the catch is grabbing the exception? > > >> My exceptions used to be working....and I was able to see the stack > >> trace. However, I can no longer see any stack trace regardless of the > >> Exception class I am using. Can someone please help me understand what > >> the heck is wrong with Eclipse, Android, or both? Is there something I > >> am missing on the configuration side?...is this a bug? > > >> Mind you, I have already used Stack Overflow for this question. It has > >> been viewed 40 times but no answer yet. I hope anybody on here can > >> help me understand why this is occurring. > > >> Thanks in advance, > > >> John > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
