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copied!<p>Good day, I am trying to show an alert dialog after a system reboot in a broadcast receiver. I have added the receiver in my manifest and called the required permission, but am getting an error in showing the dialog. Please How can i implement this correctly?.. Thank you</p> <p>my code:</p> <pre><code>public void onReceive(final Context context, Intent intent) { Log.d(TAG, "received boot completed broadcast receiver... starting settings"); String settings = context.getResources().getString(R.string.restart_setting); String yes = context.getResources().getString(R.string.Settings); String no = context.getResources().getString(R.string.Cancel); final AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context); builder.setMessage(settings) .setCancelable(false) .setPositiveButton(yes, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(@SuppressWarnings("unused") final DialogInterface dialog, @SuppressWarnings("unused") final int id) Intent config = new Intent(context, WeatherConfigure.class) context.startActivity(config); } }) .setNegativeButton(no, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(final DialogInterface dialog, @SuppressWarnings("unused") final int id) { dialog.cancel(); } }); final AlertDialog alert = builder.create(); alert.show(); } </code></pre> <p>am getting this log error:</p> <pre><code>01-07 01:42:01.559: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): Caused by: android.view.WindowManager$BadTokenException: Unable to add window -- token null is not for an application 01-07 01:42:01.559: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at android.view.ViewRoot.setView(ViewRoot.java:548) 01-07 01:42:01.559: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004):at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:177) 01-07 01:42:01.559: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:91) 01-07 01:42:01.559: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004):at android.app.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:288) 01-07 01:42:01.559: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004):at com.MuaaApps.MyWeatherUpdate.myWeatherBroadcastReceiver.onReceive(MyWeatherBroadcastReceiver.java:59) 01-07 01:42:01.559: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:1994) </code></pre>

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