Question

I’m trying to use CursorLoader with a CursorTreeAdapter but am running into an issue I can’t figure out. (If you have a working example of this, feel free to skip the rest and attach it below. I would be very thankful)
The first time I open a group, everything works fine. If I then close and re-open the group, I get an overflow error. Here is the error:

V/SpellBook(29520): Activity being created 
D/SpellBook(29520): onCreateLoader for id 123456 
V/SpellBook(29520): Resuming 
V/SpellBook(29520): Processing query for uri content://com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellProvider/levels/bard 
D/SpellBook(29520): onLoadFinished() for id 123456 
D/SpellBook(29520): onCreateLoader for id 3 
V/SpellBook(29520): Processing query for uri content://com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellProvider/class/bard/3 
D/SpellBook(29520): onLoadFinished() for id 3 

Everything is fine here. So far I’ve opened the activity and opened group number 3. Here is what happens if I close group 3 and open it again:

D/SpellBook(29520): onLoadFinished() for id 3 
D/SpellBook(29520): onLoadFinished() for id 3 
D/SpellBook(29520): onLoadFinished() for id 3 
D/SpellBook(29520): onLoadFinished() for id 3 
D/SpellBook(29520): onLoadFinished() for id 3 
(... and a lot more of these) 
    E/AndroidRuntime(29520): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520): java.lang.StackOverflowError 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at java.util.HashMap.get(HashMap.java:302) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCursor.getColumnIndex(SQLiteCursor.java:355)
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.database.CursorWrapper.getColumnIndex(CursorWrapper.java:67) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment$MyExpandableListAdapter.getChildrenCursor(SpellListView.java:216) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.widget.CursorTreeAdapter.getChildrenCursorHelper(CursorTreeAdapter.java:106) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.widget.CursorTreeAdapter.setChildrenCursor(CursorTreeAdapter.java:159) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment.onLoadFinished(SpellListView.java:183) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment.onLoadFinished(SpellListView.java:1) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.support.v4.app.LoaderManagerImpl$LoaderInfo.callOnLoadFinished(LoaderManager.java:413) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.support.v4.app.LoaderManagerImpl.initLoader(LoaderManager.java:547) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment$MyExpandableListAdapter.getChildrenCursor(SpellListView.java:217) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.widget.CursorTreeAdapter.getChildrenCursorHelper(CursorTreeAdapter.java:106) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.widget.CursorTreeAdapter.setChildrenCursor(CursorTreeAdapter.java:159) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment.onLoadFinished(SpellListView.java:183) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment.onLoadFinished(SpellListView.java:1) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.support.v4.app.LoaderManagerImpl$LoaderInfo.callOnLoadFinished(LoaderManager.java:413) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.support.v4.app.LoaderManagerImpl.initLoader(LoaderManager.java:547) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment$MyExpandableListAdapter.getChildrenCursor(SpellListView.java:217) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.widget.CursorTreeAdapter.getChildrenCursorHelper(CursorTreeAdapter.java:106) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.widget.CursorTreeAdapter.setChildrenCursor(CursorTreeAdapter.java:159) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment.onLoadFinished(SpellListView.java:183) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment.onLoadFinished(SpellListView.java:1) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.support.v4.app.LoaderManagerImpl$LoaderInfo.callOnLoadFinished(LoaderManager.java:413) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.support.v4.app.LoaderManagerImpl.initLoader(LoaderManager.java:547) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment$MyExpandableListAdapter.getChildrenCursor(SpellListView.java:217) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.widget.CursorTreeAdapter.getChildrenCursorHelper(CursorTreeAdapter.java:106) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.widget.CursorTreeAdapter.setChildrenCursor(CursorTreeAdapter.java:159) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment.onLoadFinished(SpellListView.java:183) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment.onLoadFinished(SpellListView.java:1) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.support.v4.app.LoaderManagerImpl$LoaderInfo.callOnLoadFinished(LoaderManager.java:413) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.support.v4.app.LoaderManagerImpl.initLoader(LoaderManager.java:547) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment$MyExpandableListAdapter.getChildrenCursor(SpellListView.java:217) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.widget.CursorTreeAdapter.getChildrenCursorHelper(CursorTreeAdapter.java:106) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.widget.CursorTreeAdapter.setChildrenCursor(CursorTreeAdapter.java:159) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment.onLoadFinished(SpellListView.java:183) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment.onLoadFinished(SpellListView.java:1) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.support.v4.app.LoaderManagerImpl$LoaderInfo.callOnLoadFinished(LoaderManager.java:413) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.support.v4.app.LoaderManagerImpl.initLoader(LoaderManager.java:547) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at com.zalzala.spellbook.SpellListView$ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment$MyExpandableListAdapter.getChildrenCursor(SpellListView.java:217) 
E/AndroidRuntime(29520):    at android.widget.CursorTreeAdapter.getChildrenCursorHelper(CursorTreeAdapter.ja 
W/ActivityManager( 6887):   Force finishing activity com.zalzala.spellbook/.SpellListView

So for some reason onLoadFinished() gets called over and over for the child cursor when re-opening a group.

Here is my loader implementation:

    @Override
    public Loader<Cursor> onCreateLoader(int id, Bundle args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        Log.d(Spellbook.TAG,"onCreateLoader for id "+id);
        if (id <123456){
            Uri spellUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(SpellProvider.CONTENT_URI, "class");
            spellUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(spellUri, mCLASS);
            spellUri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(spellUri, id);
            return new CursorLoader(getActivity(), spellUri, null, null, null, null);
        }else {
            //get group cursor
            Uri groupUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(SpellProvider.CONTENT_URI, "levels");
            groupUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(groupUri, mCLASS);
            return new CursorLoader(getActivity(), groupUri, null, null, null, null);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onLoadFinished(Loader<Cursor> loader, Cursor data) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        int id = loader.getId();
        Log.d(Spellbook.TAG,"onLoadFinished() for id "+id);
        if (id < 123456){
            //child cursor
            ((CursorTreeAdapter) mAdapter).setChildrenCursor(id, data);
        } else {
            ((CursorTreeAdapter) mAdapter).setGroupCursor(data);
        }

    }

    @Override
    public void onLoaderReset(Loader<Cursor> loader) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        int id = loader.getId();
        Log.d(Spellbook.TAG,"onLoaderReset() for id "+id);
        if (id < 123456){
            //child cursor
            ((CursorTreeAdapter) mAdapter).setChildrenCursor(id, null);
        } else {
            ((CursorTreeAdapter) mAdapter).setGroupCursor(null);
        }

    }

I call CursorTreeAdapter with the constructor which specifies auto requery as false.

    public class MyExpandableListAdapter extends CursorTreeAdapter {

        public MyExpandableListAdapter(Cursor cursor, Context context) {
            super(cursor, context, false); //do not auto requery. pretty sure CursorLoader needs this.
        }

        @Override
        protected Cursor getChildrenCursor(Cursor groupCursor) {
            // Given the group, we return a cursor for all the children within that group 
            int id = groupCursor.getInt(groupCursor.getColumnIndex(SpellDbAdapter.KEY_LEVEL));
            getLoaderManager().initLoader(id, null, ExpandableListCursorLoaderFragment.this);
            return null;
        }

Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

call destroyLoader() on onGroupCollapsed(). But it doesn’t solve problem completely. Looking on CursorTreeAdapter realization make me sure to not use it with CursorLoader.

It’s really better to extend BaseExpandableAdapter. This way allow to avoid unnecessary (in case of using loaders) usage of content observers. In my custom adapter i’m keep created loaders in sparse array and destroy them on group collapse. Works well 🙂