title: 'Uncaught exception thrown by finalizer' when opening MapActivity
body: <p>I have these lines in my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>// create tab4
  intent = new Intent(this, ActWhereAmI.class)
          .addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
  tabspecWhereAmI = tabHost
          .newTabSpec("tab4")
          .setIndicator(Utilities.prepareTabView(this,"where am I"))
          .setContent(intent);
  tabHost.addTab(tabspecWhereAmI);
  
  
  public static View prepareTabView(Context context, String text) {
          View view = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(
                  R.layout.tab_indicator, null);
          TextView tv = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.tabIndicatorTextView);
          tv.setText(text);
  
          return view;
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When the application runs the line <code>tabHost.addTab(tabspecWhereAmI);</code> I get the following error only in LogCat and the program runs without any problem:</p>
  
  <pre><code>10-17 13:38:01.164: W/MapActivity(4815): Recycling dispatcher android_maps_conflict_avoidance.com.google.googlenav.datarequest.DataRequestDispatcher@413c8658
  10-17 13:38:01.171: V/MapActivity(4815): Recycling map object.
  10-17 13:38:01.335: W/MapActivity(4815): Recycling dispatcher android_maps_conflict_avoidance.com.google.googlenav.datarequest.DataRequestDispatcher@413c8658
  10-17 13:38:01.335: V/MapActivity(4815): Recycling map object.
  10-17 13:38:01.554: D/dalvikvm(4815): GC_CONCURRENT freed 776K, 23% free 10286K/13255K, paused 2ms+7ms
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815): Uncaught exception thrown by finalizer
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815): java.lang.IllegalStateException: Binder has been finalized!
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at android.os.BinderProxy.transact(Native Method)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at android.database.BulkCursorProxy.close(BulkCursorNative.java:288)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at android.database.BulkCursorToCursorAdaptor.close(BulkCursorToCursorAdaptor.java:133)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at android.database.CursorWrapper.close(CursorWrapper.java:49)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at android.content.ContentResolver$CursorWrapperInner.close(ContentResolver.java:1591)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at android.content.ContentResolver$CursorWrapperInner.finalize(ContentResolver.java:1604)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at java.lang.Daemons$FinalizerDaemon.doFinalize(Daemons.java:182)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at java.lang.Daemons$FinalizerDaemon.run(Daemons.java:168)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815): Uncaught exception thrown by finalizer
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815): java.lang.IllegalStateException: Binder has been finalized!
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at android.os.BinderProxy.transact(Native Method)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at android.database.BulkCursorProxy.close(BulkCursorNative.java:288)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at android.database.BulkCursorToCursorAdaptor.close(BulkCursorToCursorAdaptor.java:133)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at android.database.CursorWrapper.close(CursorWrapper.java:49)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at android.content.ContentResolver$CursorWrapperInner.close(ContentResolver.java:1591)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at android.content.ContentResolver$CursorWrapperInner.finalize(ContentResolver.java:1604)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at java.lang.Daemons$FinalizerDaemon.doFinalize(Daemons.java:182)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at java.lang.Daemons$FinalizerDaemon.run(Daemons.java:168)
  10-17 13:38:01.554: E/System(4815):     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This exception occurs before the <code>onCreate(...)</code> method of <code>ActWhereAmI</code>. My problem is similar to this question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/12158228/779408">Uncaught exception thrown by finalizer</a></p>
  
  <p>Why am I getting this error and how can I solve it?</p>