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Answer 1

+2 A:

It's really difficult to help you if you don't provide some part of your code... anyway, this error is not new and there are some workarounds in order to solve it (I guess is some bug)... try to do this:

@Override
protected void onDetachedFromWindow() {
    try {
        super.onDetachedFromWindow();
    }
    catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
        stopFlipping();
    }
}

This is for overriding the onDetachedFromWindow and I hope it works for you.

Cristian 2010-06-11 01:29:35

If you need code, ask for it.

Brad Hein 2010-06-11 01:56:43

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6191

Brad Hein 2010-06-11 02:26:20

I tried implementing this fix last night but it had no affect. First off, Eclipse didn't like "protected" so I had to make it public. Also, stopFlipping needed to be qualified using findviewById, etc. And I put debug messages in the new code block and found it wasn't even firing, ever.

Brad Hein 2010-06-11 12:30:02

@Brad Could you share your code so that we can see if you are doing something wrong?

Cristian 2010-06-11 13:39:40

Just added XML Layout and code snippets.

Brad Hein 2010-06-11 16:27:34

Found the problem: Per http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6191 we need to create our own viewflipper wrapper by defining a new class that extends ViewFlipper. Call the new class MyViewFlipper. And anywhere I want to use a viewflipper, such as in layout XML, use the MyViewFlipper class which includes the fix code specified in the link I pasted.

Brad Hein 2010-06-12 00:05:47

Answer 2

+2 A:

To resolve this issue you must

Define a new class called MyViewFlipper which overrides ViewFlipper (see below)
Reference that new class anywhere you would have previously referenced ViewFlipper
Define your class and layout as shown below:

New class called MyViewFlipper. Contains the following:

package com.gtosoft.dash; // change this to match your own app. 

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.ViewFlipper;

public class MyViewFlipper extends ViewFlipper {

    public MyViewFlipper(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDetachedFromWindow() {
        try{
            super.onDetachedFromWindow();
        }catch(Exception e) {
            Log.d("MyViewFlipper","Stopped a viewflipper crash");
        }
    }


}

Now to use this "fixed" version of ViewFlipper you have to reference it in the xml layout. Since it is basically a "custom view", you have to fully qualify the package path to MyViewFlipper, as seen here:

<ViewFlipper
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:id="@+id/vFlipper"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">
(insert all the other old layout code here)
</com.gtosoft.dash.MyViewFlipper>

Now the app no longer crashes on the keyboard slide event or if the app is started with slide already out. Look for this in the log:

06-11 20:08:15.811 D/MyViewFlipper( 6106): Stopped a viewflipper crash

Credit: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6191

Brad Hein 2010-06-12 00:14:00

I think I made a small typo - the <ViewFlipper needs to be <com.gtosoft.dash.MyViewFlipper

Brad Hein 2010-07-20 02:21:02

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