StackOverFlow Error with ProgressDialog.show() inside AsyncTask While Running Robolectric tests

[shridutt kothari]

While running Robolectric Junit tests, I am getting StackOverFlow Error caused by

ProgressDialog.show()

Call made inside AsyncTask.

I have one activity which extends following kind of activity:

public abstract class TransactionFragmentActivity extends FragmentActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.transction_layout);             
        SetUpService setup = new SetUpService();
        setup.execute();
    }

    private class SetUpService extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Boolean> {

        private ProgressDialog dialog = new ProgressDialog(TransactionFragmentActivity.this);

        /** progress dialog to show user that the backup is processing. */
        /** application context. */
        @Override
        protected void onPreExecute() {
            SetUpService.this.dialog.setMessage("Please wait");
            SetUpService.this.dialog.setCancelable(false);
            SetUpService.this.dialog.show();
        }

        @Override
        protected Boolean doInBackground(final String... args) {
            // Setting data 
            Log.d(TAG,"doInBackground...");

            fetchData(); //some method doing work
            return true;
        }


        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(final Boolean success) {
            if (dialog != null && dialog.isShowing()) {
                dialog.dismiss();
            }
        }
    }
}

following is the stacktrace:
java.lang.StackOverflowError at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructor(Unknown Source) at org.robolectric.bytecode.RobolectricInternals.newInstance(RobolectricInternals.java:39) at org.robolectric.bytecode.RobolectricInternals.directlyOn(RobolectricInternals.java:54) at org.robolectric.Robolectric.directlyOn(Robolectric.java:366) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowView.directly(ShadowView.java:439) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowView.invalidate(ShadowView.java:168) at android.view.View.invalidate(View.java) at android.widget.TextView.setPadding(TextView.java:2122) at android.view.View.recomputePadding(View.java:10914) at android.view.View.resolvePadding(View.java:11584) at android.view.View.resolveLayoutDirection(View.java:11524) at android.view.View.onAttachedToWindow(View.java:11440) at android.widget.TextView.onAttachedToWindow(TextView.java:4448) at android.view.View.dispatchAttachedToWindow(View.java:11755) at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2424) at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2424) at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2424) at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2424) at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2424) at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2424) at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2424) at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2424) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1201) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1000) at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:4214) at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:725) at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:555) at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:525) at android.view.Choreographer$FrameHandler.handleMessage(Choreographer.java:657) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.routeMessage(ShadowHandler.java:125) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.access$100(ShadowHandler.java:25) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler$1.run(ShadowHandler.java:110) at org.robolectric.util.Scheduler.postDelayed(Scheduler.java:37) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowLooper.post(ShadowLooper.java:198) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.postDelayed(ShadowHandler.java:56) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.sendMessageDelayed(ShadowHandler.java:105) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.sendMessageAtTime(ShadowHandler.java:160) at android.os.Handler.sendMessageAtTime(Handler.java) at android.view.Choreographer.scheduleFrameLocked(Choreographer.java:479) at android.view.Choreographer.postCallbackDelayedInternal(Choreographer.java:309) at android.view.Choreographer.postCallbackDelayed(Choreographer.java:292) at android.view.Choreographer.postCallback(Choreographer.java:266) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.scheduleTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:974) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.setLayoutParams(ViewRootImpl.java:792) at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.updateViewLayout(WindowManagerImpl.java:343) at android.app.Activity.onWindowAttributesChanged(Activity.java:2267) at android.view.Window.setDefaultWindowFormat(Window.java:1226) at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.access$1300(PhoneWindow.java:105) at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.drawableChanged(PhoneWindow.java:2407) at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.fitSystemWindows(PhoneWindow.java:2345) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1203) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1000) at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:4214) at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:725) at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:555) at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:525) at android.view.Choreographer$FrameHandler.handleMessage(Choreographer.java:657) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.routeMessage(ShadowHandler.java:125) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.access$100(ShadowHandler.java:25) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler$1.run(ShadowHandler.java:110) at org.robolectric.util.Scheduler.postDelayed(Scheduler.java:37) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowLooper.post(ShadowLooper.java:198) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.postDelayed(ShadowHandler.java:56) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.sendMessageDelayed(ShadowHandler.java:105) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.sendMessageAtTime(ShadowHandler.java:160) at android.os.Handler.sendMessageAtTime(Handler.java) at android.view.Choreographer.scheduleFrameLocked(Choreographer.java:479) at android.view.Choreographer.postCallbackDelayedInternal(Choreographer.java:309) at android.view.Choreographer.postCallbackDelayed(Choreographer.java:292) at android.view.Choreographer.postCallback(Choreographer.java:266) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.scheduleTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:974) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.setLayoutParams(ViewRootImpl.java:792) at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.updateViewLayout(WindowManagerImpl.java:343) at android.app.Activity.onWindowAttributesChanged(Activity.java:2267) at android.view.Window.setDefaultWindowFormat(Window.java:1226) at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.access$1300(PhoneWindow.java:105) at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.drawableChanged(PhoneWindow.java:2407) at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.fitSystemWindows(PhoneWindow.java:2345) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1203) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1000) at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:4214) at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:725) at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:555) at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:525) at android.view.Choreographer$FrameHandler.handleMessage(Choreographer.java:657) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.routeMessage(ShadowHandler.java:125) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.access$100(ShadowHandler.java:25) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler$1.run(ShadowHandler.java:110) at org.robolectric.util.Scheduler.postDelayed(Scheduler.java:37) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowLooper.post(ShadowLooper.java:198) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.postDelayed(ShadowHandler.java:56) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.sendMessageDelayed(ShadowHandler.java:105) at org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowHandler.sendMessageAtTime(ShadowHandler.java:160) at android.os.Handler.sendMessageAtTime(Handler.java) at android.view.Choreographer.scheduleFrameLocked(Choreographer.java:479) at............