WindowManagerBadTokenException

[Aki]

Hi,

I use local notifications in my application. I want to open my background application from notification and show the message in popup window. That gives me exeption:

Android.Views.WindowManagerBadTokenException: 'Unable to add window -- token null is not valid; is your activity running?'

I think it is duo to timing but I doesn't know how to fix it.

 

//open popup after notification tapped

private static void ShowNotification(string title, string message)
        {
            App.isBackground = false;
            Device.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(() =>
            {
                TelerikPopupWin.SetLabelText = title +"\n"+ message;
                TelerikPopupWin.OpenPopup = true;
            });
        }

 

Error happens here:

public static bool OpenPopup { get { return popup.IsOpen; } set { popup.IsOpen = value; } }

 

 

[Yana]

Hello Aki,

This error comes from the Android PopupWindow which we use in RadPopup internally - in general in order to show the PopupWindow, you would need the Android Activity context (meaning the app should be live, not in the background),  not a service context.  I am not familiar with the concrete scenario you have, still, you can take a look at some of the SO discussions on the matter:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27087983/unable-to-add-window-token-null-is-not-valid-is-your-activity-running

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23516689/unable-to-add-window-token-null-is-not-for-an-application-from-service

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8782250/popupwindow-badtokenexception-unable-to-add-window-token-null-is-not-valid

I remain at your disposal if you have any additional questions on this. 

Regards,
Yana
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[Aki]

I solved the problem using timer. ShowNotification is called when user tapped local notification message on phone. Even 5ms delay is enough. Couldn't find better solution.

        private static void ShowNotification(string title, string message)
        {
            App.isBackground = false;
            Device.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(() =>
            {
                TelerikPopupWin.SetLabelText = title + "\n" + message;
                Device.StartTimer(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(5), () =>
                {
                    TelerikPopupWin.OpenPopup = true;
                    return false;
                });
            });
        }

 

-Aki S

[Yana]

Hi Aki,

Thank you for sharing the solution,  I'm glad to hear you've resolved the error.

Regards,
Yana
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