Null Pointer exception when trying to layout inflate in service

Question

I'm trying to layout Inflate in a service on onCreate with this code:

// ...
public void onCreate() {    
    telephonyManager = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
    call = new PhoneCall();

    IntentFilter intentFilter = new IntentFilter(outgoingIntent);
    registerReceiver(callReceiver, intentFilter);

    final LayoutInflater myInflator = (LayoutInflater) ctext.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE );        

    onPhoneStatelistener = new PhoneStateListener() {
        @Override
        public void onCallStateChanged(int state, String incomingNumber) {

// ...

Here is my log cat:

04-22 02:38:35.324: E/AndroidRuntime(28837): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
04-22 02:38:35.324: E/AndroidRuntime(28837): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create service com.castello.AllMyCalls.CallService: java.lang.NullPointerException
04-22 02:38:35.324: E/AndroidRuntime(28837):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:1959)
04-22 02:38:35.324: E/AndroidRuntime(28837):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2500(ActivityThread.java:117)
04-22 02:38:35.324: E/AndroidRuntime(28837):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:989)

I'm just getting a "Null Pointer" error. Any suggestions?

Please post the logcat showing the NPE, and point out which line in your code is involved. — Ted Hopp, Apr 21 '13 at 21:57
More importantly, why are you trying to inflate a layout in a service? There's nothing that a service can do with an inflated layout. — CommonsWare, Apr 21 '13 at 21:58
@CommonsWare I want to show a custom Toast when an outgoing call ends, so I have to do this, any suggestion? — Reza_Rg, Apr 21 '13 at 22:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 22 '13 at 01:51

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When i try to get LayoutInflater in service, i usually do like this :

LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(Context);

Hope this might work for you!

answered Apr 22 '13 at 01:51

Nari Kim Shin

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