Activity has leaked window that was originally added

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.pol         


        

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).