title: android application crashes on start of service
body: <p>I am trying to make SmsListener but the app breaks when I try to call tts</p>
  
  <p>Below is the listener:</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.example.hope_1;
  
  import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
  import android.content.Context;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
  import android.telephony.SmsMessage;
  import android.util.Log;
  import android.widget.Toast;
  
  public class SmsListener extends BroadcastReceiver{
  
  @Override
  public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
      if(intent.getAction().equals("android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED")){
          Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();           //---get the SMS message passed in---
          SmsMessage[] msgs = null;
          String msg_from;
          if (bundle != null){
              //---retrieve the SMS message received---
              try{
                  Object[] pdus = (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus");
                  msgs = new SmsMessage[pdus.length];
                  for(int i=0; i&lt;msgs.length; i++){
                      msgs[i] = SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[])pdus[i]);
                      msg_from = msgs[i].getOriginatingAddress();
                      final String msgBody = msgs[i].getMessageBody();
                      Log.println(0, msg_from, msgBody);
                      Toast toast =  Toast.makeText(context, msg_from + "   " + msgBody,Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                      toast.show();
  
                    //Application is crashing on line below
                      SmsSpeaker.tts.speak(msgBody,TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null);
                  }
              }catch(Exception e){
                      Log.d("Exception caught",e.getMessage());
              }
          }
      }
  }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Below is code for Sms Speaker</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.example.hope_1;
  
  import java.util.Locale;
  import android.app.Service;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.os.IBinder;
  import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
  import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech.OnInitListener;
  import android.widget.Toast;
  
  public class SmsSpeaker extends Service implements OnInitListener {
  
  public static TextToSpeech tts;
  
  public int onStartCommand(Intent intent,int flags,int startId){
      super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
      return START_STICKY;
  }
  @Override
  public void onInit(int status) {
      Toast toast; 
      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
      if(status == TextToSpeech.SUCCESS){
          tts.setLanguage(Locale.US);
          toast = Toast.makeText(SmsSpeaker.this, "TTS Started", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
          toast.show();
          }
      else {
          toast = Toast.makeText(SmsSpeaker.this, TextToSpeech.ERROR, Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
          toast.show();
          toast = Toast.makeText(SmsSpeaker.this, "TTS Engine failed to start", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
          toast.show();
      }
  
  }
  
  
  @Override
  public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
      return null;
  }
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried using LogCat but that did not help...logcat is blank</p>
  
  <p>The application is crashing without any exception</p>
  
  <p>I tried to debug the code but on debug it shows "Source not found". I tried looking at other answers but it didn't help much.</p>
  
  <p>Can you please tell me why the application is crashing.</p>