Unable to add window -- token null is not valid; is your activity running?

Question

I want to show a custom popup menu when the user clicks on a floating icon

the floating icon create with service and i have no activity

this is my floating icon code

public class copy_actions_service extends Service
{
    ImageView copy_ImageView;
    WindowManager windowManager;
    WindowManager.LayoutParams layoutParams;

    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0)
    {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        return null;
    }
    
    @Override
    
    public void onCreate()
    {
        windowManager=(WindowManager)getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE);
        
        copy_ImageView=new ImageView(this);
        copy_ImageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
        copy_ImageView.setAlpha(245);
        copy_ImageView.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
        {
            
            @Override
            public void onClick(View arg0)
            {
                showCustomPopupMenu();
            }
        });
        
        layoutParams=new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_PHONE,
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE,
                PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);
        
        layoutParams.gravity=Gravity.TOP|Gravity.CENTER;
        layoutParams.x=0;
        layoutParams.y=100;
        
        windowManager.addView(copy_ImageView, layoutParams);

    }
    
    private void showCustomPopupMenu()
    {
        LayoutInflater layoutInflater=(LayoutInflater)getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        View view=layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.xxact_copy_popupmenu, null);
        
        PopupWindow popupWindow=new PopupWindow();
        popupWindow.setContentView(view);
        popupWindow.setWidth(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
        popupWindow.setHeight(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
        popupWindow.setFocusable(true);

        popupWindow.showAtLocation(view, Gravity.NO_GRAVITY, 0, 0);             
    }
}

everything fine but when i click on the float button app stop and this error is shown on logcat :(

11-23 02:18:58.217: E/AndroidRuntime(3231): android.view.WindowManager$BadTokenException: Unable to add window -- token null is not valid; is your activity running?

but I have no activity?

I want to popup menu show after user click on float icon; but popup menu only can show text;

how can I show a popup menu with icons?

Answer 1

If you're using getApplicationContext() as Context in Activity for the dialog like this

Dialog dialog = new Dialog(getApplicationContext());

then use YourActivityName.this

Dialog dialog = new Dialog(YourActivityName.this);

Answer 2

This error happens when you are trying to show pop-up window too early, to fix it, give Id to the main layout as main_layout and use the below code:

Java:

 findViewById(R.id.main_layout).post(new Runnable() {
   public void run() {
       popupWindow.showAtLocation(findViewById(R.id.main_layout), Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0);
   }
});

Kotlin:

 main_layout.post {
      popupWindow?.showAtLocation(main_layout, Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0)
    }

Credit to @kordzik

Answer 3

I had the same problem as you, it looks like you used the tutorial from http://www.piwai.info/chatheads-basics like I did. The problem is that you cannot reliably pass the current activity to the popup window, because you have no control over the current activity. It looks like there might be a unreliable way to get the current activity, but I don't recommend that.

The way I fixed it for my app was to not use the popup window, but instead make my own through the window manager.

private void showCustomPopupMenu()
{
    windowManager2 = (WindowManager)getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE);
    LayoutInflater layoutInflater=(LayoutInflater)getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    View view=layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.xxact_copy_popupmenu, null);
    params=new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
        WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
        WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
        WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_PHONE,
        WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE,
        PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT
    );

    params.gravity=Gravity.CENTER|Gravity.CENTER;
    params.x=0;
    params.y=0;
    windowManager2.addView(view, params);  
}

If you want this to look like a popup window, just add a transparent gray view as the background and add a onClickListener to it to remove the view from the windowManager object.

I know this isn't as convenient as a popup, but from my experience, it is the most reliable way.

and don't forget to add permission in your manifest file

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW"/>