javaandroidillegalstateexception

App showing DialogFragment crashes after rotation


When I rotate my device while showing a DialogFragment, my app crashes:

E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.myapp, PID: 27909
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to destroy activity {com.myapp/com.myapp.FileListActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Can not perform this action after onSaveInstanceState
    at android.app.ActivityThread.performDestroyActivity(ActivityThread.java:4203)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleDestroyActivity(ActivityThread.java:4221)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleRelaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:4495)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap19(ActivityThread.java)
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1483)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6126)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:886)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:776)
    Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Can not perform this action after onSaveInstanceState
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.checkStateLoss(FragmentManager.java:1493)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.enqueueAction(FragmentManager.java:1511)
    at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.commitInternal(BackStackRecord.java:638)
    at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.commit(BackStackRecord.java:617)
    at android.support.v4.app.DialogFragment.dismissInternal(DialogFragment.java:201)
    at android.support.v4.app.DialogFragment.dismiss(DialogFragment.java:167)
    at com.myapp.ActionsDialogFragment.onDestroy(ActionsDialogFragment.java:127)
    at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performDestroy(Fragment.java:2202)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1196)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1252)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1234)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.dispatchDestroy(FragmentManager.java:2083)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentController.dispatchDestroy(FragmentController.java:244)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onDestroy(FragmentActivity.java:368)
    at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.onDestroy(AppCompatActivity.java:203)
    at com.myapp.FileListActivity.onDestroy(FileListActivity.java:1106)
    at android.app.Activity.performDestroy(Activity.java:6881)
    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnDestroy(Instrumentation.java:1154)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.performDestroyActivity(ActivityThread.java:4190)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleDestroyActivity(ActivityThread.java:4221) 
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleRelaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:4495) 
    at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap19(ActivityThread.java) 
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1483) 
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154) 
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6126) 
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:886) 
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:776) 

That's my DialogFragment:

public class ActionsDialogFragment extends DialogFragment {

    public interface ActionsDialogListener {
        void onActionSelected(DialogFragment dialog, int position);
    }

    AlertDialog dialog;
    ActionsDialogListener mListener;

    @Override
    public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
        super.onAttach(activity);
        try {
            mListener = (ActionsDialogListener) activity;
        } catch (ClassCastException e) {
            throw new ClassCastException(activity.toString()
                    + " must implement ActionsDialogListener");
        }
    }

    @Override
    public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
        dialog = builder.create();
        return dialog;
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                            Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.actions_dialog, container, false);

        CustomListAdapter cla;
        cla = new CustomListAdapter(getActivity());
        ListView list = (ListView) view.findViewById(R.id.listViewActions);
        final AlertDialog finalDialog = dialog;
        list.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
                mListener.onActionSelected((DialogFragment) getParentFragment(), position);
                Log.d(FileListActivity.TAG, "Dismissing dialog");
//                ActionsDialogFragment.this.dismiss();
                finalDialog.dismiss();
            }
        });
        list.setAdapter(cla);
        dialog.setView(view);
        return view;
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        Log.d(FileListActivity.TAG, "ActionDialogFragment onDestroy()");
        dismiss();
//        dialog.dismiss();
    }

    class CustomListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {
    ...
    }

}

The error says "Can not perform this action after onSaveInstanceState". But I don't know where the InstanceState is being saved. For me it's okay to dismiss the dialog and recreate it after the rotation.

Any idea what's going wrong?

EDIT:

My DialogFragment is created in the main activity like that:

void showActionsDialog() {
    actionsDialog = new ActionsDialogFragment();
    actionsDialog.show(getSupportFragmentManager(), "ActionsDialogFragment");
}

EDIT 2:

Just in case it's important. That's my main activity's onDestroy() method:

public void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    Log.d(TAG, "FileListActivity onDestroy()");
    if (exifReadingDialog != null) { exifReadingDialog.dismiss(); }
    dataFragment.mRetainedCache = mMemoryCache;
    dataFragment.setData(mediaFolder);
}

EDIT 3:

Some additional thoughts: Many people here at stackoverflow say you should use either onCreateDialog or onCreateView in a DialogFragment. Maybe that's my problem. But if I remove onCreateDialog and the dialog variable, dismissing doesn't work anymore. So far I'm using this solution: Cannot get DialogFragment to dismiss programatically (just for dismissing the dialog, but crashing on rotation)


Solution

  • Meanwhile I have tried a lot of things. I changed my ActionsDialogFragment to look more like in this tutorial.

    But I think that the real error was in my custom ListAdapter. I changed this part

    public @NonNull View getView(int position, View view, @NonNull ViewGroup parent) {
        LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater(null);
    

    to

    public @NonNull View getView(int position, View view, @NonNull ViewGroup parent) {
        LayoutInflater inflater = ((Activity)context).getLayoutInflater();
    

    Now I can dismiss the DialogFragment by a simple dismiss(); and the app doesn't crash anymore after rotation.

    So I should have posted the complete class in my question. Thanks for your help anyway!