Android onActivityResult NEVER called

Question

my onActivityResult method is never called. am using android 2.2

I am using a Tabhost, where TabHosts contain TabGroups which contain individual Activities.

One of my individual activity runs the following intent

 Intent intent = new Intent(); 
 intent.setType("image/*");
 intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
 startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent,
                    "Select Picture"), 0);

this loads my gallery apps, I use the default android gallery to select one image and when I return my onActivityResult is not called my activity.

It looks like this - and I put a breakpoint at if(resultCode == 0) , so right now, the logic of my onActivityResult should not matter

 public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if (resultCode == 0) {
        if (requestCode == 0) {
            Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData();

            //OI FILE Manager
            filemanagerstring = selectedImageUri.getPath();

            //MEDIA GALLERY
            selectedImagePath = getPath(selectedImageUri);

            //DEBUG PURPOSE - you can delete this if you want
            if(selectedImagePath!=null)
                System.out.println(selectedImagePath);
            else System.out.println("selectedImagePath is null");
            if(filemanagerstring!=null)
                System.out.println(filemanagerstring);
            else System.out.println("filemanagerstring is null");

            //NOW WE HAVE OUR WANTED STRING
            if(selectedImagePath!=null)
                System.out.println("selectedImagePath is the right one for you!");
            else
                System.out.println("filemanagerstring is the right one for you!");
        }
    }
}

Lifecycle functions are often called out of order and intermittently for Activities within a tabhost/tabgroup, so I checked to see what lifecycle functions ARE being called after the gallery closes (this happens as soon as I select an image from the android gallery)

The only one being called is the onResume() in my TabHost activity. So I tried putting the exact same onActivityResult() method in my TabHost class AS WELL AS the TabActivity class. With a breakpoint in the same location at the beginning of method.

Neither of these classes are called.

I'm drawing a blank now, how can I get the result from the gallery app in my app if none of the built in receiving methods will respond to it.

Since I know that my main TabHost gets the onResume() called, I tried added Intent graphics = getIntent(); to see if it would receive data from the gallery selection, it does not, so I don't see how I can do the logic in the onResume() method either.

Solutions welcome! :)

Answer 1

The solution is to call a transparent activity over top of the main activity. This transparent activity is in front of the tabhost and will have normal lifecycle functions.

This transparent activity calls the gallery intent onCreate(), it gets everything returned like normal in its onActivityResult and you will be able to pass the information returned back to the rest of the app like normal. finish() is inside of the onActivityResult method, so the user never even notices that a transparent activity was called.

Update copied from from comments:

Activity A calls Activity B via normal intent. Activity B has no xml and runs onCreate like this

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { 
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 
    //setContentView(R.layout.dialogpopper); 

    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK); 
    intent.setType("image/*"); startActivityForResult(intent, 0);

}//end onCreate 

and when Activity C is finished it calls the onActivityResult of Activity B