Can't toast on a thread that has not called Looper.prepare()

Question

I try to run a test for my android app but I get this trace. What does it mean?

java.lang.RuntimeException: Can\'t toast on a thread that has not called Loop         


        

Answer 1

You CANNOT show a Toast on non-UI thread. You need to call Toast.makeText() (and most other functions dealing with the UI) from within the main thread.

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You could use Activity#runOnUiThread():

runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
      public void run() {
         final Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, "GAME OVER!\nScore: " + score, duration);
         toast.show();
      }
 });

If you want execute a instrumentation test on main thread, add @UiThreadTest annotation:

@Test
@UiThreadTest
public void useAppContext() {
    // ...
}

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P.s: There are also many other ways with explain (using Handler, Looper, Observable..) in these posts: Android: Toast in a thread and Can't create handler inside thread that has not called Looper.prepare()

Answer 2

In kotlin put your code inside this:

runOnUiThread { 
    Log.i(TAG, "runOnUiThread")
    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Play", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
}