On showing dialog i get “Can not perform this action after onSaveInstanceState”

Question

Some users are reporting, if they use the quick action in the notification bar, they are getting a force close.

I show a quick action in the notification who calls t

Answer 1

That mean you commit() (show() in case of DialogFragment) fragment after onSaveInstanceState().

Android will save your fragment state at onSaveInstanceState(). So, if you commit() fragment after onSaveInstanceState() fragment state will be lost.

As a result, if Activity get killed and recreate later the fragment will not add to activity which is bad user experience. That's why Android does not allow state loss at all costs.

The easy solution is to check whether state already saved.

boolean mIsStateAlreadySaved = false;
boolean mPendingShowDialog = false;

@Override
public void onResumeFragments(){
    super.onResumeFragments();
    mIsStateAlreadySaved = false;
    if(mPendingShowDialog){
        mPendingShowDialog = false;
        showSnoozeDialog();
    }
}

@Override
public void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    mIsStateAlreadySaved = true;
}

private void showSnoozeDialog() {
    if(mIsStateAlreadySaved){
        mPendingShowDialog = true;
    }else{
        FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
        SnoozeDialog snoozeDialog = new SnoozeDialog();
        snoozeDialog.show(fm, "snooze_dialog");
    }
}

Note: onResumeFragments() will call when fragments resumed.