Fix for crashes that people have encountered

astrid/src-legacy/com/timsu/astrid/activities/TaskEdit.java

@@ -186,10 +186,13 @@ public class TaskEdit extends TaskModificationTabbedActivity<TaskModelForEdit> {
 
     @Override
     protected TaskModelForEdit getModel(TaskIdentifier identifier) {
-        if (identifier != null)
+        if (identifier != null) {
-            return controller.fetchTaskForEdit(this, identifier);
+            TaskModelForEdit task = controller.fetchTaskForEdit(this, identifier);
-        else
+            if(task.getCursor().getCount() > 0)
-            return controller.createNewTaskForEdit();
+                return task;
+        }
+
+        return controller.createNewTaskForEdit();
     }
 
     /* ======================================================================

astrid/src-legacy/com/timsu/astrid/activities/TaskListAdapter.java

@@ -287,7 +287,8 @@ public class TaskListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<TaskModelForList> {
 
         // expanded container
         final View expandedContainer = view.findViewById(R.id.expanded_layout);
-        expandedContainer.setVisibility(isExpanded ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
+        if(expandedContainer == null)
+            expandedContainer.setVisibility(isExpanded ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
 
         // name
         final TextView name = ((TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.task_name)); {

astrid/src-legacy/com/timsu/astrid/activities/TaskListSubActivity.java

@@ -1065,6 +1065,9 @@ public class TaskListSubActivity extends SubActivity {
 
     /** Toggle the timer */
     private void toggleTimer(TaskModelForList task) {
+        if(task == null)
+            return;
+
         if (task.getTimerStart() == null) {
             FlurryAgent.onEvent("start-timer");
             task.setTimerStart(new Date());

astrid/src-legacy/com/timsu/astrid/sync/SynchronizationProvider.java

@@ -147,8 +147,12 @@ public abstract class SynchronizationProvider {
         }
         syncHandler.post(new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
-                if(progressDialog != null)
+                try {
-                    progressDialog.dismiss();
+                    if(progressDialog != null)
+                        progressDialog.dismiss();
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    // suppress it
+                }
                 DialogUtilities.okDialog(context, messageToDisplay, null);
             }
         });

astrid/src-legacy/com/timsu/astrid/utilities/Preferences.java

@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ public class Preferences {
         // united states, you are special
         if(Locale.US.equals(Locale.getDefault()) ||
                 Locale.CANADA.equals(Locale.getDefault()))
-            return new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM d yy");
+            return new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, MMM d yyyy");
         else
-            return new SimpleDateFormat("EEE d MMM yy");
+            return new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy");
     }
 
     // --- notification settings