Call it after the requestFeature() calls. But for an alert dialog, you probably want to animate the window itself not the contents inside. You do this by setting a style resource on the WindowManager.LayoutParams.windowAnimation.
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Tom Medhurst <[email protected]>wrote: > > So any ideas how I can call: getDecorView() without getting the error: > "AndroidRuntimeException: requestFeature() must be called before > adding content" ...? > > On Jan 12, 8:39 pm, Tom Medhurst <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have an AlertDialog box instance I created from AlertDialog.Builder > > and I want to animate it with a anim/appear1.xml file I created > > earlier. > > > > Normally I would initialize the animation using > > AnimationUtils.loadAnimation, but I am having a problem applying this > > animation to the AlertDialog. > > > > To get the View of the dialog I call alertDialogInstance.getWindow > > ().getDecorView().setAnimation(...) > > However this throws an exception: > > > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): > > android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: requestFeature() must be called > > before adding content > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.requestFeature > > (PhoneWindow.java:199) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > com.android.internal.app.AlertController.installContent > > (AlertController.java:166) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > android.app.AlertDialog.onCreate(AlertDialog.java:146) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > android.app.Dialog.dispatchOnCreate(Dialog.java:268) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > android.app.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:207) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > tommed.lastFMForAndroid.MusicPlayerActivity.startStreaming > > (MusicPlayerActivity.java:393) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > tommed.lastFMForAndroid.MusicPlayerActivity.setSongInfo > > (MusicPlayerActivity.java:317) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > tommed.lastFMForAndroid.MusicPlayerActivity.onCreate > > (MusicPlayerActivity.java:239) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java: > > 1122) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: > > 2103) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: > > 2156) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > android.app.ActivityThread.access$1800(ActivityThread.java:112) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1580) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:88) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3742) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run > > (ZygoteInit.java:739) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:497) > > 01-12 20:30:46.976: ERROR/mediaPlayer(555): at > > dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) > > > > I had a read of the documentation and I tried the following which > > didn't make any difference: > > Window dialogWindow = mBufferDialog.getWindow(); > > dialogWindow.requestFeature > > (WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN); > > dialogWindow.requestFeature > > (WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_INSET_DECOR); > > dialogWindow.getDecorView().setAnimation(AnimationUtils.loadAnimation > > (this, R.anim.expand_in)); > > > > Anyone got any ideas what I am missing? > > Thanks > > Tom > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
