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

If the dialog is not really important (it is okay to not-show it when the app closed/is no longer in view), use:

boolean running = false;

@Override
public void onStart() {
    running = true;
    super.onStart();
}

@Override
public void onStop() {
    running = false;
    super.onStop();
}

And open your dialog(fragment) only when we're running:

if (running) {
    yourDialog.show(...);
}

EDIT, PROBABLY BETTER SOLUTION:

Where onSaveInstanceState is called in the lifecycle is unpredictable, I think a better solution is to check on isSavedInstanceStateDone() like this:

/**
 * True if SavedInstanceState was done, and activity was not restarted or resumed yet.
 */
private boolean savedInstanceStateDone;

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();

    savedInstanceStateDone = false;
}

@Override
protected void onStart() {
    super.onStart();

    savedInstanceStateDone = false;
}

protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
    savedInstanceStateDone = true;
}


/**
 * Returns true if SavedInstanceState was done, and activity was not restarted or resumed yet.
 */
public boolean isSavedInstanceStateDone() {
    return savedInstanceStateDone;
}