Dialog的使用

今天做了个小Demo，其中需要弹出一个Dialog，结果莫名其妙崩了，现在把日志摘出来，如下：

09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): android.view.WindowManager$BadTokenException: Unable to add window -- token null is not for an application

09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at android.view.ViewRoot.setView(ViewRoot.java:472)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:177)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:91)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at android.app.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:239)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at com.breeze.tencent.Settings.onPreferenceTreeClick(Settings.java:81)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at android.preference.Preference.performClick(Preference.java:821)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at android.preference.PreferenceScreen.onItemClick(PreferenceScreen.java:190)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at android.widget.AdapterView.performItemClick(AdapterView.java:286)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at android.widget.ListView.performItemClick(ListView.java:3285)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at android.widget.AbsListView$PerformClick.run(AbsListView.java:1642)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4363)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:860)
09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:618)

09-10 10:09:12.826: E/AndroidRuntime(12642): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

于是到stackOverflow上查了下，原来是因为展示一个应用程序的window或dialog，所使用的上下文必须是一个acticity，也就是说，当你用以下代码创建Dialog时：

                              Dialog mDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(mContext).create()

mContext必须是一个Activity的实例。至于具体原因还在探查中，如果有知道的可以相互交流下。