Question

This code seems to work fine on everything except when I emulate it on Froyo. I don’t have an actual device running Froyo, so I can’t test it on an actual device, but it FC’s when it get’s to the commit. I even have the code in a try block, so I would think that it should catch an exception instead of force closing.

private void getPrefs() {

    boolean dockRespond;
    boolean carDockRespond;
    boolean silenceRinger;

    settings = getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME, 0);
    editor = settings.edit();

    SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getBaseContext());

    dockRespond = prefs.getBoolean("dockRespond", true);
    carDockRespond = prefs.getBoolean("carDockRespond", true);
    silenceRinger = prefs.getBoolean("silenceRinger", false);

    Intent startDock = new Intent(this, DockService.class);

    if(dockRespond)
    {
        //start dock listener service
        startService(startDock);
    }
    else
    {
        //stop dock listener service
        stopService(startDock);
    }

    try
    {
        editor.putBoolean(DOCKRESPONSEGLOBAL, dockRespond);
        editor.putBoolean(CARDOCKRESPONSEGLOBAL, carDockRespond);
        editor.putBoolean(SILENCERINGER, silenceRinger);
        editor.commit();
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        Log.d("Exception caught: ", e.getMessage());
    }
}

All of the constants (in all caps) are defined above in the constants area, and as I said before, the code seems to work on any OS version except Froyo. In froyo it FC’s on the “editor.commit();” line.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I figured it out. What was happening was that I was putting myself into an endless loop. I had to:

settings.unregisterOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(prefsListener);

make my changes, then

settings.registerOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(prefsListener);

Not sure why that only created an issue in Froyo. Google must have made a change in the OS to prevent this in future versions.