Android - java.lang.IllegalArgumentException Erron when creating Dialog on 2.1 and low android

Question

I\'m getting the below error message from phones that are SDK version < 8. I just released this app on the android market and prior to release my test phones were a HTC Thun

Answer 1

I believe the easiest way to deal with this pesky exception is to just catch it:

@Override
public void showDialog(int dialogId) {
  try {
    super.showDialog(dialogId);
  } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { /* Log it if you wish*/ }
} 

That said, I don't think you're using onCreateDialog() as the API intended (which is why you were seeing the strange behavior), it should definitely return a dialog object most of the time.