Re: [android-developers] Re: can _ever_ the intent received by a BroadcastReceiver onReceive() method be null?

That's nice advice - but in this case I think one should have a guarantee

Does it make sense to receive a null intent ? Is it even possible with the current android code ?

On Thursday, July 11, 2013 9:46:00 AM UTC+3, Piren wrote:

No point of being sure here... even if the current code is structured in a way that it shouldn't be null, nothing says it will stay like that in all future code revisions.

Ever since i started getting null exceptions from android (not NullPointerException... a Null instead of an exception) i learned it's always a good idea to check for nulls when you're supposed to receive an object.

On Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:01:13 AM UTC+3, Palmer Eldritch wrote:

I suspect it can't be null by construction - I just can't pin it down in code (or in docs)

It's nice to be sure

Can somebody point to the relevant code parts ?

I mean what paths lead to the onReceive being triggered ? Can we have a null intent in any of them ?

On Thursday, July 11, 2013 4:18:09 AM UTC+3, TreKing wrote:

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Palmer Eldritch <the....@gmail.com> wrote:

I mean nobody knows ??

Do you ever check the intent for being null and if not why ?

Here's what you do. Assume it will not be null, then use ACRA or some other bug-reporting tool to handle uncaught exceptions. If you get a null pointer exception from here, you know it can be null.

You're welcome.

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TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices

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