Activity has leaked window that was originally added
What is this error, and why does it happen?
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): Activity com.mypkg.myP has leaked window com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView@44c46ff0 that was originally added here
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): android.view.WindowLeaked: Activity ccom.mypkg.myP has leaked window com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView@44c46ff0 that was originally added here
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at android.view.ViewRoot.<init>(ViewRoot.java:231)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:148)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:91)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at android.view.Window$LocalWindowManager.addView(Window.java:424)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at android.app.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:239)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at com.mypkg.myP$PreparePairingLinkageData.onPreExecute(viewP.java:183)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at android.os.AsyncTask.execute(AsyncTask.java:391)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at com.mypkg.myP.onCreate(viewP.java:94)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2544)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2621)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2200(ActivityThread.java:126)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1932)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4595)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:860)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:618)
05-17 18:24:57.069: ERROR/WindowManager(18850): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
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- asked 8 years ago
- B Butts
2Answer
You're trying to show a Dialog after you've exited an Activity.
[EDIT]
This question is one of the top search on google for android developer, therefore Adding few important points from comments, which might be more helpful for future investigator without going in depth of comment conversation.
Answer 1 :
You're trying to show a Dialog after you've exited an Activity.
Answer 2
This error can be a little misleading in some circumstances (although the answer is still completely accurate) - i.e. in my case an unhandled Exception was thrown in an AsyncTask, which caused the Activity to shutdown, then an open progressdialog caused this Exception.. so the 'real' exception was a little earlier in the log
Answer 3
Call dismiss() on the Dialog you created in before exiting your Activity, e.g. in onPause() or onDestroy()
- answered 8 years ago
- Sandy Hook
You can get this exception by just a simple/dumb mistake, by (for example) accidentally calling finish() after having displayed an AlertDialog, if you miss a break call statement in a switch statement...
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
switch (v.getId()) {
case R.id.new_button:
openMyAlertDialog();
break; <-- If you forget this the finish() method below
will be called while the dialog is showing!
case R.id.exit_button:
finish();
break;
}
}
The finish() method will close the Activity, but the AlertDialog is still displaying!
So when you're staring intently at the code, looking for bad threading issues or complex coding and such, don't lose sight of the forest for the trees. Sometimes it can be just something as simple and dumb as a missing break statement.
- answered 8 years ago
- Gul Hafiz
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