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Getting an exception when trying to add an account in Android

I'm attempting to create a means for the user to create an Account on the phone which will eventually sync to their contacts via the app. I'm working in the emulator right now, so I'm going Menu-Dev Tools-AccountsTester to test what I have. When I click on AccountsTester, I get the following error code in LogCat:

03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.android.development/com.android.development.AccountsTester}: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: String resource ID #0x0
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1622)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1638)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:928)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3647)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403): Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: String resource ID #0x0
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at android.content.res.Resources.getText(Resources.java:201)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at android.content.res.Resources.getString(Resources.java:254)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at android.content.Context.getString(Context.java:183)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at com.android.development.AccountsTester.initializeAuthenticatorsSpinner(AccountsTester.java:147)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at com.android.development.AccountsTester.onCreate(AccountsTester.java:63)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1586)
03-08 18:58:31.996: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(403):     ... 11 more

As you can see there is no @ line showing where the error is occurring in my code. I google searched a few of the standout lines but couldn't find anything in relation to my problem. Does anyone have an idea of what is going on here? Please let me know if there is any info you could use to help answer which I didn't include... thanks!

The layout which AccountsTester would call:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:orientation="vertical">

  <ScrollView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_weight="1">

    <LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:paddingTop="5dip"
        android:paddingLeft="20dip"
        android:paddingRight="20dip"
        android:paddingBottom="13dip">

        <TextView android:id="@+id/account_login_message"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginBottom="5dip"/>

        <TextView 
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Username"/>

        <EditText android:id="@+id/account_login_username_edittext"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:minWidth="250dip"
            android:scrollHorizontally="true"
            android:capitalize="none"
            android:autoText="false"
            android:inputType="text"/>

        <TextView android:id="@+id/account_login_username_fixed"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:layout_marginTop="2dip"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

        <TextView
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:layout_marginTop="2dip"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Password"/>

        <EditText android:id="@+id/account_login_password_edittext"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:minWidth="250dip"
            android:scrollHorizontally="true"
            android:capitalize="none"
            android:autoText="false"
            android:inputType="textPassword"/>

        <TextView android:id="@+id/account_login_message_bottom"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginBottom="5dip"/>

        </LinearLayout>
    </ScrollView>

    <FrameLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:background="#c6c3c6"
        android:minHeight="54dip"
        android:paddingLeft="2dip"
        android:paddingTop="4dip"
        android:paddingRight="2dip">

        <Button android:id="@+id/account_login_ok_button"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
            android:minWidth="100dip"
            android:text="Sign In"
            android:onClick="handleLogin"/>

        </FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>

I don't call a single string there... My activity references strings a few times, but the strings it references are most certainly there, I'm seeing them as I type this, and I'd get an error in Eclipse anyhow.

Solution

  • The trick here was that in my xml/authenticator file necessary for account creation, I filled the android:label field with "App Name" like so:

    android:label="App Here"

    What I needed to do was call a resource for it. So I created a string called label and put the name in there, and it works fine.