Activity has leaked window that was originally add

Question

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)

Answer 1

The "Activity has leaked window that was originally added..." error occurs when you try show an alert after the Activity is effectively finished.

You have two options AFAIK:

1. Rethink the login of your alert: call dismiss() on the dialog before actually exiting your activity.
2. Put the dialog in a different thread and run it on that thread (independent of the current activity).

Answer 2

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. :)

Answer 3

The issue according to me is you are trying to call a dialog right after an activity is getting finished so according me what you can do is give some delay using Handler and you issue will be solved for eg:

 Handler handler=new Handler();
     handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                     dialog.show();
                     //or
                     dialog.dismiss();

                }
            },100);

Answer 4

Generally this issue occurs due to progress dialog : you can solve this by using any one of the following method in your activity:

 // 1):
          @Override
                protected void onPause() {
                    super.onPause();
                    if ( yourProgressDialog!=null && yourProgressDialog.isShowing() )
                  {
                        yourProgressDialog.cancel();
                    }
                }

       // 2) :
         @Override
            protected void onDestroy() {
                super.onDestroy();
                if ( yourProgressDialog!=null && yourProgressDialog.isShowing()
               {
                    yourProgressDialog.cancel();
                }
            }

Answer 5

Had the problem where I finished an Activity when a ProgressDialog was still shown.

So first hide the Dialog and then finish the activity.

Answer 6

This can be if you have an error at doInBackground() function and have this code.

Try to add dialog at last. At first check and fix doInBackground() function

protected void onPreExecute() {
     super.onPreExecute();
     pDialog = new ProgressDialog(CreateAccount.this);
     pDialog.setMessage("Creating Product..");
     pDialog.setIndeterminate(false);
     pDialog.setCancelable(true);
     pDialog.show();

 }

 protected String doInBackground(String...args) {
     ERROR CAN BE IS HERE
 }

 protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
     // dismiss the dialog once done
     pDialog.dismiss();