Notification from IntentService - NullPointerException while obtaining Context

Question

I am unable to generate the notification (in the notification area) from an IntentService. I get a NullPointerException while obtaining NotificationManager. The problem is with Context.

06-01 16:46:05.910: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(14745): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
06-01 16:46:05.910: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(14745):     at android.content.ContextWrapper.getSystemService(ContextWrapper.java:363)
06-01 16:46:05.910: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(14745):     at com.Android.Main1.FileUploaderService.<init>(FileUploaderService.java:71)

The line of code is:

mNotificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

I have tried getApplicationContext(), getBaseContext(), but to no avail.

Could someone please let me know what is the problem here? How do I generate notifications from an IntentService?

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Additional Info:
I also have a Service in my app, and notifications from there work properly. The IntentService is not started by an Activity; it is started by the Service.

Answer 1

Move your call to getSystemService out of the constructor and into onCreate.

The base Context in the ContextWrapper has not been set yet, which is causing the NullPointerException.