Unhandled Exception: Calling startActivity() from outside of an Activity

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************ APP DETAILS ************
Version: 2016.07.13
Build: 854

************ FIRMWARE ************
SDK: 19
Release: 5.0
Incremental: eng.jenkins.1402738150

************ CAUSE OF ERROR ************
android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: Calling startActivity() from outside of an Activity context requires the FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK flag. Is this really what you want?
at android.app.ContextImpl.startActivity(ContextImpl.java)
at android.app.ContextImpl.startActivity(ContextImpl.java)
at com.cloudrail.si.servicecode.commands.AwaitCodeRedirect$1.run(AwaitCodeRedirect.java:81)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Reported Solutions

The solutions below were reported by users who claim that after the action, the sync started working. Usually one of the actions below was the final one.

• reboot the device
• uninstall and reinstall the app
• delete extra files in Dropbox
• use a different service
• set the Provider in the synchronization settings
• clear the app cache and data

[alensiljak]

A user reports that he had multiple files in the Dropbox folder, that begin with the same name (backups). After deleting these files, the sync worked flawlessly.

However, this is not causing the exception on a test device.

[alensiljak]

Several users confirm that the issue disappeared after they uninstalled and reinstalled the app. This does not solve some other cases.
Still looking for the underlying cause and the proper solution.

[alensiljak]

Based on the results, this has been resolved by the new version of the CloudRail library.