java.lang.RuntimeException: system server dead?

Question

My appwidget crashes with following error:

E/AndroidRuntime( 5572): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start receiver com.android.mlweatherwidget.WeatherWidgetLarge: java.lang.RuntimeException: system server dead?
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:1805)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2400(ActivityThread.java:117)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:981)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572): Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: system server dead?
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at com.android.mlhome.appwidget.AppWidgetManager.getAppWidgetIds(AppWidgetManager.java:375)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at com.android.mlweatherwidget.WeatherWidgetLarge.onReceive(WeatherWidgetLarge.java:202)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:1794)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    ... 10 more
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572): Caused by: android.os.DeadObjectException
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at android.os.BinderProxy.transact(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at com.android.mlhome.appwidget.ILauncherAppWidget$Stub$Proxy.getAppWidgetIds(ILauncherAppWidget.java:256)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    at com.android.mlhome.appwidget.AppWidgetManager.getAppWidgetIds(AppWidgetManager.java:369)
E/AndroidRuntime( 5572):    ... 12 more

Can anybody understand from the above log what exactly is causing this error?

Perry

unable to start receiver you system server was dead – Bennie

my intention is to know why the system server dies? in what circumstances? – Perry

Answer 1

How to fix android.os.DeadObjectException android X this guy met the same issue, check this link out.

I copyed the answer written by Dimitar Dimitrov as follows

This means that your service had already stopped - either killed from the OS, or stopped from your application.

Does this problem happen every time you debug your project?

Override your service's onDestroy() method and watch what event flow leads to it. If you catch DeadObjectException without going through this method, your service should have been killed by the OS.

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