android toast 出错,从Service Android调用toast时出错

我正在使用android.app.Service中定义的Service Android.

我从一个Activity调用此服务(myService).

我的服务是:

public class myService extends Service{

public IBinder onBind(Intent intent){

return null;

}

public void onCreate(){

super.onCreate();

TimerTask task = new TimerTask(){

public void run(){

Log.i("test","service running");

checkDate();

}

};

timer = new Timer();

timer.schedule(task, 0, 20000);

}

public void checkDate(){

Toast toast = Toast.makeText(this, "SIMPLE MESSAGE!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);

toast.show();

}

}

checkDate()方法驻留在myService类中.

产生的错误是:

09-19 15:41:35.267: E/AndroidRuntime(2026): FATAL EXCEPTION: Timer-0

09-19 15:41:35.267: E/AndroidRuntime(2026): java.lang.RuntimeException: Can't create handler inside thread that has not called Looper.prepare()

09-19 15:41:35.267: E/AndroidRuntime(2026): at android.os.Handler.(Handler.java:121)

09-19 15:41:35.267: E/AndroidRuntime(2026): at android.widget.Toast$TN.(Toast.java:310)

09-19 15:41:35.267: E/AndroidRuntime(2026): at android.widget.Toast.(Toast.java:84)

09-19 15:41:35.267: E/AndroidRuntime(2026): at android.widget.Toast.makeText(Toast.java:226)