Null Pointer exception starting IntentService

Question

I\'ve got an IntentService that I\'m trying to start. When I do, it spits out this:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service com.pec.testapp.servi         


        

Answer 1

If you're going to override onCreate() in your IntentService, then make sure you call super.onCreate() in it. That seems to quite likely be your problem.

Answer 2

Not sure if it is the same problem, but I was using an intentService also, and I was having trouble using

context = getApplicationContext();

or context = getBaseContext(); I wasn't overriding onCreate so the previous solution may be the solution for you, I was working inside "onHandleIntent"

I would get an immediate exception with the first, and a exception later when I tried using the 2nd.

I ended up realizing that the Intentservice is itself a subclass of Context, so I substituted "this" wherever I needed an instance of "Context".

This solved my problem.