You should null check every intent and every property on the intent.
Some crash & security studies on Android show that these areas are where a significant amount of errors (30% in some cases) are occurring. On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 7:46:41 AM UTC-5, Palmer Eldritch wrote: > > In other words : > > @Override > public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { > final String action = intent.getAction(); // can intent==null here > ? > } > > I need to solve this once and for all so please no ifs and buts. I would > check for null but I suspect that it is not needed and therefore it is > clumsy and inelegant to check. I had searched in the docs but have not > found anything > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.