Dialog throwing "Unable to add window — token null is not for an application” with getApplication() as context

Question

My Activity is trying to create an AlertDialog which requires a Context as a parameter. This works as expected if I use:

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new Al         


        

Answer 1

For future readers, this should help:

public void show() {
    if(mContext instanceof Activity) {
        Activity activity = (Activity) mContext;
        if (!activity.isFinishing() && !activity.isDestroyed()) {
            dialog.show();
        }
    }
}