MainActivity has leaked ServiceConnection android.speech.SpeechRecognizer$Connection@414ee400 that was originally bound here

Question

In my app I recognize the user saying "exit" or "close" and the app should close. With this code

SpeechRecognizer sr;
Map<String, Integer> dictionary;
private static final int EXIT = 1;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    populateDictionary();
    SpeechRecognizer sr = SpeechRecognizer.createSpeechRecognizer(this);
    sr.setRecognitionListener(this);
    Intent voiceIntent = RecognizerIntent.getVoiceDetailsIntent(getApplicationContext());
    sr.startListening(voiceIntent);
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    return true;
}

private void populateDictionary() {
    dictionary = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
    dictionary.put("exit", EXIT);
    dictionary.put("close", EXIT);
}

@Override
public void onResults(Bundle results) {
    ArrayList<String> strList = results.getStringArrayList(SpeechRecognizer.RESULTS_RECOGNITION);
    for (int i = 0; i < strList.size();i++ ) {
        String sentence = strList.get(i).toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault());
        Integer operation = dictionary.get(sentence);
        if(operation != null){
            switch(operation){
                case EXIT:{
                    this.finish();
                };break;
            }
        }
    }
}

I get this runtime error, after the speech recognition.

11-12 15:38:05.351: E/Trace(14934): error opening trace file: No such file or directory (2)
11-12 15:38:05.511: D/libEGL(14934): loaded /system/lib/egl/libEGL_mali.so
11-12 15:38:05.521: D/libEGL(14934): loaded /system/lib/egl/libGLESv1_CM_mali.so
11-12 15:38:05.521: D/libEGL(14934): loaded /system/lib/egl/libGLESv2_mali.so
11-12 15:38:05.541: D/OpenGLRenderer(14934): Enabling debug mode 0
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934): Activity com.example.voicetest01.MainActivity has leaked ServiceConnection android.speech.SpeechRecognizer$Connection@414f0e40 that was originally bound here
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934): android.app.ServiceConnectionLeaked: Activity com.example.voicetest01.MainActivity has leaked ServiceConnection android.speech.SpeechRecognizer$Connection@414f0e40 that was originally bound here
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.app.LoadedApk$ServiceDispatcher.<init>(LoadedApk.java:965)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.app.LoadedApk.getServiceDispatcher(LoadedApk.java:859)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.app.ContextImpl.bindService(ContextImpl.java:1214)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.app.ContextImpl.bindService(ContextImpl.java:1206)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.content.ContextWrapper.bindService(ContextWrapper.java:394)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.speech.SpeechRecognizer.startListening(SpeechRecognizer.java:281)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at com.example.voicetest01.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:32)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5008)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1079)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2027)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2088)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:134)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1199)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4744)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
11-12 15:38:08.884: E/ActivityThread(14934):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

If I try to destroy the SpeechRecognizer I get another runtime error because sr is null.

@Override
public void onDestroy(){
    sr.destroy();
    super.onDestroy();
}

Log

11-12 15:29:24.383: E/Trace(13724): error opening trace file: No such file or directory (2)
11-12 15:29:24.633: D/libEGL(13724): loaded /system/lib/egl/libEGL_mali.so
11-12 15:29:24.633: D/libEGL(13724): loaded /system/lib/egl/libGLESv1_CM_mali.so
11-12 15:29:24.643: D/libEGL(13724): loaded /system/lib/egl/libGLESv2_mali.so
11-12 15:29:24.673: D/OpenGLRenderer(13724): Enabling debug mode 0
11-12 15:29:29.047: D/AndroidRuntime(13724): Shutting down VM
11-12 15:29:29.047: W/dalvikvm(13724): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40ccf318)
11-12 15:29:29.047: E/AndroidRuntime(13724): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
11-12 15:29:29.047: E/AndroidRuntime(13724): java.lang.NullPointerException
11-12 15:29:29.047: E/AndroidRuntime(13724):    at com.example.voicetest01.MainActivity.onResults(MainActivity.java:77)
11-12 15:29:29.047: E/AndroidRuntime(13724):    at android.speech.SpeechRecognizer$InternalListener$1.handleMessage(SpeechRecognizer.java:442)
11-12 15:29:29.047: E/AndroidRuntime(13724):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
11-12 15:29:29.047: E/AndroidRuntime(13724):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
11-12 15:29:29.047: E/AndroidRuntime(13724):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4744)
11-12 15:29:29.047: E/AndroidRuntime(13724):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-12 15:29:29.047: E/AndroidRuntime(13724):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
11-12 15:29:29.047: E/AndroidRuntime(13724):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786)
11-12 15:29:29.047: E/AndroidRuntime(13724):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
11-12 15:29:29.047: E/AndroidRuntime(13724):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
11-12 15:29:31.500: I/Process(13724): Sending signal. PID: 13724 SIG: 9

What should I do?

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 12 '13 at 14:07

7

I think problem may be at line:

sr.destroy();

If sr be null, you get NullPointerException, and

super.onDestroy();

Dont has been called. Try do next:

if(sr!=null)
{
    sr.destroy();
}

or:

try{
        sr.destroy();
} 
 catch (Exception e)
{
 Log.e(TAG,"Exception:"+e.toString());
}

answered Nov 12 '13 at 14:07

In fact `sr.destroy();` throws `java.lang.NullPointerException`: `sr` is null so I can't destroy it, but seems that simply calling `this.finish()` leaves open the speech recognition service. I have no idea how to close it correctly at this point. – ezy Nov 12 '13 at 14:14
if you in: switch(operation) calling this.finish, why before this.finish you dont call sr.destroy? – Nov 12 '13 at 14:20
if I call `sr.destroy()` before `this.finish()` I get a `java.lang.NullPointerException` – ezy Nov 12 '13 at 14:24
Added log for both cases – ezy Nov 12 '13 at 14:41
try this: sr.cancel; this.finish(); in block switch – Nov 12 '13 at 14:46
`sr` is `null`, so I always get a `NullPointerException` – ezy Nov 12 '13 at 14:51

ezy · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-12T16:14:27.477

5

The problem was the most trivial ever: I declared the SpeechRecognizer two times, one for the class and another inside the onCreate() method. The variable was initialized only in the function scope, so outside the function sr was always null.

edited Nov 12 '13 at 16:14

answered Nov 12 '13 at 15:44

ezy

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So how you solve the `ServiceConnectionLeaked` error? – John Jang Apr 13 '18 at 01:20
I used singleton class to solve it. Don't initialize it with different contexts, instead use singleton :) – Varun A M Jun 30 '18 at 09:28

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 01 '21 at 20:12

0

My solution for Dialog:

public void dismiss(){
    speech.stopListening();
    try{
        speech.destroy();
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        Log.e(TAG,"Exception:" + e.toString());
    }
    super.dismiss();
}

answered Jan 01 '21 at 20:12

Stefan Cizmar

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 05 '22 at 09:12

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initialize your text to speech using application context, not activity context.

val textToSpeech = TextToSpeech(applicationContext)

answered Oct 05 '22 at 09:12

Michael I.

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MainActivity has leaked ServiceConnection android.speech.SpeechRecognizer$Connection@414ee400 that was originally bound here

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