rjava.lang.IllegalArgumentException on startActivity(intent,bundle animantion)

Question

Hi I am using following code but sometimes app is crashing with error:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException in startActivity(slideactivity, bndlanimation);

if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 16) {
       Bundle bndlanimation = ActivityOptions.makeCustomAnimation(getApplicationContext(), R.anim.slide_in, R.anim.slide_out).toBundle();
       startActivity(slideactivity, bndlanimation);
     } else
       startActivity(slideactivity);
       finish();

Here is the crash logs

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException 1 at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1553) 2 at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1499) 3 at android.app.ActivityManagerProxy.isTopOfTask(ActivityManager‌Native.java:4465) 4 at android.app.Activity.isTopOfTask(Activity.java:5361) 5 at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:37‌70) 6 at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:4003) 7 at com.tapcibo.tapcibo.uifragment.LaunchActivity.a(SourceFile:1‌05)

0java.lang.IllegalArgumentException 1 at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1553) 2 at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1499) 3 at android.app.ActivityManagerProxy.isTopOfTask(ActivityManagerNative.java:4465) 4 at android.app.Activity.isTopOfTask(Activity.java:5361) 5 at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:3770) 6 at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:4003) 7 at com.tapcibo.tapcibo.uifragment.LaunchActivity.a(SourceFile:105) — Rahul Devanavar, Jun 24 '15 at 12:40

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '15 at 16:54

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I found the problem, after digging really deep I saw that there is some problem with the SDK > 21 so lollipop up. In my case this happens when using transparent theme together with some enter and exit transitions.

Two options:

If I remove the ActivityOptions.makeCustomAnimation().toBundle(); and work good again.

If I set my theme to my app normal theme works good too.

I will have to investigate further but I guess there is some configuration on the theme that makes this crash.

answered Jul 28 '15 at 16:54

Marcel

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Hello have you found the solution? I am facing the same problem and having trouble with it. The thing is, I am using Theme.AppCompat.Light and not transparent themes, I am also using ActivityCompatOptions.makeSceneTransitionAnimation and it presents the same problem – John Ernest Guadalupe Sep 10 '15 at 15:36
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hi! I am also using Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar, but have same issue. any solutions? – Andriy Antonov Jul 06 '17 at 07:46

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 06 '15 at 08:58

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Try to use ActivityOptionsCompat instead of ActivityOptions if you are using ActivityCompat.startActivity(). As well use ActivityOptionsCompat.makeSceneTransitionAnimation() to make animation options.

answered Oct 06 '15 at 08:58

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 24 '15 at 12:43

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instead of

startActivity(slideactivity, bndlanimation);

use

ActivityCompat.startActivity(this, slideactivity, bndlanimation)

answered Jun 24 '15 at 12:43

Ihor Bykov

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any specific reason why to use ActivityCompat – Rahul Devanavar Jun 24 '15 at 12:46
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I'm having the same problem and I'm using the ActivityCompat – Marcel Jul 28 '15 at 16:30
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Crashes randomly on using `ActivityCompat.startActivity`.. Has anybody found any workaround for this? Clearly its some android bug. – Udayaditya Barua Dec 05 '15 at 06:23
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It crashes randomly for me as well when I use ActivityCompat.startActivity and I have a transparent theme – Gabor Peto Feb 15 '17 at 12:35

rjava.lang.IllegalArgumentException on startActivity(intent,bundle animantion)

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