WindowLeaked

Android

TL;DR

WindowLeaked indicates a ui failure on Android that interrupts the current user flow.

Symptoms

  • WindowLeaked appears in logcat
  • The app crashes or the action fails

Common Causes

  1. UI lifecycle call happens in an invalid state
  2. View or constraint APIs run in the wrong context

How to Verify

Quick Fixes

  • Add guard checks and a safe fallback path
  • Disable or rollback the risky code path behind a flag

Proper Fixes

  • Enforce contracts with types, runtime checks, and tests
  • Refactor ownership and lifecycle boundaries to remove the failure mode

Example Stack Trace

WindowLeaked at com.example.app.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.kt:42)

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