Question

I got BadTokenException error when I create a ProgressDialog in my application. I tried read a few post regarding about the issue, I still can’t really get what’s the cause of it. I call the dialog function after I click on a button.

    protected Dialog onCreateDialog(int id) {
    switch (id) {
    case DIALOG_LOADING:
        dialog = new Dialog(this, android.R.style.Theme_Translucent);          
        dialog.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        dialog.setContentView(R.layout.loading);
        break;


    default:
        dialog = null;
        break;
    }
    return dialog;  
};

The above code is my progress dialog code. I call it with just this showDialog(DIALOG_LOADING); Can anyone kindly tell me what causes this and how to overcome the issue? Any comments will be appreciated.

12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654): android.view.WindowManager$BadTokenException: Unable to add window -- token android.app.LocalActivityManager$LocalActivityRecord@4057a200 is not valid; is your activity running?
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at android.view.ViewRoot.setView(ViewRoot.java:532)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:200)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:114)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at android.view.Window$LocalWindowManager.addView(Window.java:424)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at android.app.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:241)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at   android.app.Activity.showDialog(Activity.java:2566)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at android.app.Activity.showDialog(Activity.java:2524)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at com.fl.wbillboard.Web_Input$1.onClick(Web_Input.java:128)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2538)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:9152)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3687)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:842)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:600)
12-18 12:12:39.250: E/AndroidRuntime(7654):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Answer 1

You have to use activity’s reffrence for show dialog..

use this new Dialog(activity_name.this, android.R.style.Theme_Translucent); instead of new Dialog(this, android.R.style.Theme_Translucent);

case DIALOG_LOADING:
        dialog = new Dialog(activity.this, android.R.style.Theme_Translucent);          
        dialog.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        dialog.setContentView(R.layout.loading);
        break;