Unable to add window — token null is not valid; is your activity running?

Question

i want to show a custom popup menu when user click on a floating icon

the float icon create with an service and i have no activity

this is my floating icon c

Answer 1

This error happens when you are trying to show popUpWindow too early ,to fix it, give Id to main layout as main_layout and use below code

Java:

 findViewById(R.id.main_layout).post(new Runnable() {
   public void run() {
       popupWindow.showAtLocation(findViewById(R.id.main_layout), Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0);
   }
});

Kotlin:

 main_layout.post {
      popupWindow?.showAtLocation(main_layout, Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0)
    }

Credit to @kordzik