SherlockDialogFragment onCreateView that needs a created activity - android-activity

Question

How to handle situations where a custom SherlockDialogFragment onCreateView() needs the activity to build its view?
More specifically, needs the activity onCreate() method to be executed before building its view. The custom SherlockDialogFragment is EffectSettingsDialog.
I can always reproduce the exception (that i mentioned in the comment section) in the emulator (tested with api level 10).
When the dialog is shown if I press ctrl-f11 (or ctrl-f12) the app crashes.
The app is thought to work in landscape mode (so I set android:screenOrientation="landscape" in the app manifest).
EffectSettingsDialog.java
/**
*
* #author
*
*/
public class EffectSettingsDialog extends SherlockDialogFragment
{
final static String DIALOG_TAG = "effect_settings_dialog";
final int UNKNOWN_BUTTON = 0;
final int OK_BUTTON = 1;
final int CANCEL_BUTTON = 2;
final int RESET_BUTTON = 3;
int pressed_button = UNKNOWN_BUTTON;
/**
*
*/
public EffectSettingsDialog( )
{
super();
CLog.i( "EffectSettingsDialog", "EffectSettingsDialog()" );
}
/**
* Create a new instance of WelcomeDialog.
*/
static EffectSettingsDialog newInstance()
{
EffectSettingsDialog d = new EffectSettingsDialog();
return d;
}
/**
*
*/
static boolean showNewInstance( FragmentActivity activity, int fx_id )
{
if ( fx_id == -1 )
return false;
Fragment prev = activity.getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag( EffectSettingsDialog.DIALOG_TAG );
if (prev != null)
return false;
EffectSettingsDialog d = EffectSettingsDialog.newInstance();
// Supply fx_id parameter to the fragment
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putInt( "fx_id", fx_id );
d.setArguments(args);
d.show( activity.getSupportFragmentManager(), EffectSettingsDialog.DIALOG_TAG );
return true;
}
#Override
public void onCreate( Bundle savedInstanceState )
{
CLog.i( "EffectSettingsDialog", "onCreate()" );
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
int style = SherlockDialogFragment.STYLE_NO_TITLE;
int theme = getTheme();
setStyle(style, theme );//, theme);
}
#Override
public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceStateBundle )
{
CLog.i( "EffectSettingsDialog", "onCreateDialog()" );
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Dialog d = super.onCreateDialog( savedInstanceStateBundle );
return d;
}
#Override
public View onCreateView( LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState )
{
CLog.i( "EffectSettingsDialog", "onCreateView()" );
/// Here i need to call ((MyActivity)getActivity()).getData() to properly initialize the view. Initialization code omitted...
getDialog().getWindow().setBackgroundDrawableResource( R.color.transparent );//translucent_black );
getDialog().getWindow().clearFlags( WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DIM_BEHIND );
return v;
}
}
In the activity (in the onClick() method), i use the following code:
EffectSettingsDialog.showNewInstance( this, fx_id );
This happens when the user touches a specific button.