Activity restarted when application is exited from unexception handler
<p>In my application I use a global exception exception handler to avoid force close.But an activity is started after calling system.exit(0)....???? </p>

<p>the logcat shown is:</p>

<pre><code>07-18 12:41:12.569: WARN/Resources(8453): Converting to string: TypedValue{t=0x12/d=0x0 a=2 r=0x7f07000a}
07-18 12:41:14.648: INFO/ActivityManager(571): Displayed activity com.fss/.Loading: 2643 ms
07-18 12:41:14.689: INFO/System.out(8453): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;SentRequestBE
07-18 12:41:14.689: INFO/System.out(8453): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;StaticStore.dialog.getProgress()0==100
07-18 12:41:15.399: INFO/System.out(8453): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;SentRequestBE
07-18 12:41:15.429: INFO/System.out(8453): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;StaticStore.dialog.getProgress()20==100
07-18 12:41:16.288: DEBUG/SmsProvider(611): insert url=content://sms/inbox, match=2
07-18 12:41:16.510: DEBUG/dalvikvm(8453): GC freed 5512 objects / 258536 bytes in 745ms
07-18 12:41:16.640: INFO/System.out(8453): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;SentRequestBE
07-18 12:41:16.662: INFO/System.out(8453): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;StaticStore.dialog.getProgress()40==100
07-18 12:41:16.688: INFO/System.out(8453): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;null
07-18 12:41:16.739: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(8453): Shutting down VM
07-18 12:41:16.739: WARN/dalvikvm(8453): threadid=3: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4000fe70)
07-18 12:41:16.799: INFO/System.out(8453): ***************************EXception Ctached here********************
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start receiver com.fss.SMSRecieve: java.lang.NullPointerException
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453): --------- Stack trace ---------
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:2417)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     android.app.ActivityThread.access$2700(ActivityThread.java:112)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1741)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3948)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:782)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:540)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453): -------------------------------
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453): --------- Cause ---------
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453): java.lang.NullPointerException
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     com.fss.SMSRecieve.onReceive(SMSRecieve.java:26)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:2408)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     android.app.ActivityThread.access$2700(ActivityThread.java:112)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1741)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3948)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:782)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:540)
07-18 12:41:16.919: ERROR/Report ::(8453):     dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
07-18 12:41:16.939: INFO/System.out(8453): *************finally block enetered
07-18 12:41:16.979: INFO/NotificationService(571): enqueueToast pkg=com.fss callback=android.app.ITransientNotification$Stub$Proxy@4381ced0 duration=1
07-18 12:41:17.018: INFO/AndroidRuntime(8453): AndroidRuntime onExit calling exit(0)
07-18 12:41:17.029: ERROR/JavaBinder(8453): Unknown binder error code. 0xfffffff7
07-18 12:41:17.049: ERROR/JavaBinder(8453): Unknown binder error code. 0xfffffff7
07-18 12:41:17.148: INFO/ActivityManager(571): Process com.fss (pid 8453) has died.
07-18 12:41:17.188: INFO/WindowManager(571): WIN DEATH: Window{43721d70 com.fss/com.fss.DynamicCanvas paused=false}
07-18 12:41:17.198: INFO/WindowManager(571): WIN DEATH: Window{43733cf8 com.fss/com.fss.ListSelection paused=false}
07-18 12:41:17.198: INFO/WindowManager(571): WIN DEATH: Window{437ba200 com.fss/com.fss.DynamicCanvas paused=false}
07-18 12:41:17.210: INFO/WindowManager(571): WIN DEATH: Window{43718e10 com.fss/com.fss.Loading paused=false}
07-18 12:41:17.210: INFO/WindowManager(571): WIN DEATH: Window{43744eb8 com.fss/com.fss.Loading paused=false}
07-18 12:41:17.509: INFO/ActivityManager(571): Start proc com.fss for activity com.fss/.DynamicCanvas: pid=8468 uid=10019 gids={3003}
07-18 12:41:17.958: INFO/jdwp(8468): received file descriptor 20 from ADB
07-18 12:41:18.189: WARN/System.err(8468): Can't dispatch DDM chunk 46454154: no handler defined
07-18 12:41:18.219: WARN/System.err(8468): Can't dispatch DDM chunk 4d505251: no handler defined
07-18 12:41:19.710: INFO/ActivityManager(571): Starting activity: Intent { flags=0x24000000 comp={com.fss/com.fss.SplashScreen} (has extras) }
07-18 12:41:19.810: INFO/System.out(8468): Dynamic Canvas......
07-18 12:41:20.010: INFO/System.out(8468): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;5
07-18 12:41:20.020: INFO/System.out(8468): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; M-CONNECT  Login
07-18 12:41:20.030: INFO/System.out(8468): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;APUM
07-18 12:41:20.039: INFO/System.out(8468): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Enter password
07-18 12:41:20.049: INFO/System.out(8468): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;4-6-N-Y-Y
07-18 12:41:20.079: INFO/System.out(8468): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;1
07-18 12:41:20.089: INFO/System.out(8468): temp &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; 1 4-6-N-Y-Y
07-18 12:41:20.489: WARN/NotificationService(571): Object died trying to hide notification android.app.ITransientNotification$Stub$Proxy@4381ced0 in package com.fss
07-18 12:41:20.499: WARN/ActivityManager(571): Activity pause timeout for HistoryRecord{437a8b80 {com.fss/com.fss.DynamicCanvas}}
07-18 12:41:20.509: WARN/ActivityManager(571): setProcessForeground called on unknown pid: 8453
07-18 12:41:20.970: INFO/ActivityManager(571): moveTaskToBack: 50
07-18 12:41:21.699: WARN/InputManagerService(571): Got RemoteException sending setActive(false) notification to pid 8453 uid 10019
07-18 12:41:22.049: WARN/ActivityManager(571): Launch timeout has expired, giving up wake lock!
07-18 12:41:25.041: INFO/System.out(8468): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;OnCreateMethod
07-18 12:41:25.359: INFO/System.out(8468): &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;DBNAME/data/data/com.fss/databases/MPAY_444444
07-18 12:41:25.369: ERROR/Database(8468): Failure 1 (table MiscDetails0029 already exists) on 0x1acf30 when preparing 'create table MiscDetails0029 (id integer primary key not null,table_row_one text);'.
07-18 12:41:25.388: WARN/System.err(8468): android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: table MiscDetails0029 already exists: create table MiscDetails0029 (id integer primary key not null,table_row_one text);
07-18 12:41:25.408: WARN/System.err(8468):     at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.native_execSQL(Native Method)
07-18 12:41:25.430: WARN/System.err(8468):     at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.execSQL(SQLiteDatabase.java:1496)
07-18 12:41:25.438: WARN/System.err(8468):     at com.fss.RmsStore$CustomSQLiteOpenHelper.onCreate(RmsStore.java:240)
07-18 12:41:25.448: WARN/System.err(8468):     at com.fss.RmsStore.&lt;init&gt;(RmsStore.java:48)
07-18 12:41:25.489: WARN/System.err(8468):     at com.fss.SplashScreen.startApp(SplashScreen.java:72)
07-18 12:41:25.489: WARN/System.err(8468):     at com.fss.SplashScreen$1.run(SplashScreen.java:53)
07-18 12:41:25.608: INFO/System.out(8468): ::::::::::::::::::SataticStore.NO ON ACC6
07-18 12:41:25.628: INFO/System.out(8468): ::::::::::acountNumbers0
07-18 12:41:25.672: INFO/System.out(8468): ::::::::::acountNumbers0
07-18 12:41:25.688: INFO/System.out(8468): ::::::::::acountNumbers0
07-18 12:41:25.699: INFO/System.out(8468): ::::::::::acountNumbers0
07-18 12:41:25.699: INFO/System.out(8468): ::::::::::acountNumbers0
07-18 12:41:25.718: INFO/System.out(8468): ::::::::::acountNumbers0
07-18 12:41:25.768: INFO/ActivityManager(571): Starting activity: Intent { comp={com.fss/com.fss.DynamicCanvas} }
07-18 12:41:25.778: WARN/ActivityManager(571): startActivity called from non-Activity context; forcing Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK for: Intent { comp={com.fss/com.fss.DynamicCanvas} }
07-18 12:41:26.969: INFO/ActivityManager(571): Displayed activity com.fss/.DynamicCanvas: 9671 ms
07-18 12:41:27.670: WARN/NotificationService(571): STOP command without a player
07-18 12:41:29.460: INFO/ActivityManager(571): Stopping service: com.android.mms/.transaction.SmsReceiverService
07-18 12:41:30.088: DEBUG/ActivityManager(571): checkComponentPermission() adjusting {pid,uid} to {542,1013}
07-18 12:41:30.239: DEBUG/ActivityManager(571): checkComponentPermission() adjusting {pid,uid} to {542,1013}
07-18 12:41:30.429: DEBUG/ActivityManager(571): checkComponentPermission() adjusting {pid,uid} to {542,1013}
07-18 12:41:30.628: DEBUG/ActivityManager(571): checkComponentPermission() adjusting {pid,uid} to {542,1013}
07-18 12:41:30.769: ERROR/MediaPlayerService(542): Couldn't open fd for content://settings/system/notification_sound
07-18 12:41:30.799: ERROR/MediaPlayer(571): Unable to to create media player
07-18 12:41:30.839: WARN/NotificationService(571): error loading sound for content://settings/system/notification_sound
07-18 12:41:30.839: WARN/NotificationService(571): java.io.IOException: setDataSource failed.: status=0x80000000
07-18 12:41:30.839: WARN/NotificationService(571):     at android.media.MediaPlayer.setDataSource(Native Method)
07-18 12:41:30.839: WARN/NotificationService(571):     at android.media.MediaPlayer.setDataSource(MediaPlayer.java:610)
07-18 12:41:30.839: WARN/NotificationService(571):     at android.media.AsyncPlayer$Thread.run(AsyncPlayer.java:76)
07-18 12:41:32.818: DEBUG/dalvikvm(658): GC freed 687 objects / 28744 bytes in 537ms
07-18 12:41:37.668: DEBUG/dalvikvm(7930): GC freed 1122 objects / 53896 bytes in 377ms
07-18 12:41:42.769: DEBUG/dalvikvm(611): GC freed 804 objects / 39568 bytes in 476ms
07-18 12:41:48.278: DEBUG/dalvikvm(613): GC freed 445 objects / 21192 bytes in 495ms
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<p>i attached the exception handler also....</p>

<pre><code>package com.fss;



import java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Looper;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class TopExceptionHandler implements Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler   {

private Context context;
//private UncaughtExceptionHandler defaultHandler;



    public TopExceptionHandler(Context context) {


StaticStore.defaultHandler = Thread
.getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler();
this.context=context;






    }






      public void uncaughtException(Thread t,final Throwable e)

    {
         StaticStore.mfs=true;
        try{
         new Thread() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                Looper.prepare();  


            Toast.makeText(context, "TOAST", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();


//              context.startActivity(intent);
            //



            //System.exit(0);//If you want to restart activity and want to kill after crash.s
                Looper.loop();

            }
        }.start();

        System.out.println("***************************EXception Ctached here********************");

        StackTraceElement[] arr = e.getStackTrace();

        String report = e.toString()+"\n\n";

        report += "--------- Stack trace ---------\n\n";

        for (int i=0; i&lt;arr.length; i++)

        {

        report += "    "+arr[i].toString()+"\n";

        }

        report += "-------------------------------\n\n";




        // If the exception was thrown in a background thread inside

        // AsyncTask, then the actual exception can be found with getCause



        report += "--------- Cause ---------\n\n";




        Throwable cause = e.getCause();

        if(cause != null) {

        report += cause.toString() + "\n\n";

        arr = cause.getStackTrace();

        for (int i=0; i&lt;arr.length; i++)

        {

        report += "    "+arr[i].toString()+"\n";

        }

        }


        Log.e("Report ::",report);



    }


        catch (Exception ex) {
              ex.printStackTrace();
          } finally {
              StaticStore.index=0;
              System.out.println("*************finally block enetered");
              StaticStore.dialog.dismiss();

//            Intent myIntent = new Intent();
//            myIntent.setClassName("com.fss","com.fss.DynamicCanvas");
//              myIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP|Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
//              myIntent.putExtra("EXIT", true);
//              context.startActivity(myIntent);
//            System.runFinalizersOnExit(true);
 System.exit(0);
//System.out.println("after sys exit");
//  defaultHandler.uncaughtException(t, e);

          }
 //   throw new RuntimeException("You just caught me..");
    }


}
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