Merge "Fix issue #2951784: Launcher crashes on startup" into gingerbread

core/java/android/view/LayoutInflater.java

@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ public abstract class LayoutInflater {
     public View inflate(XmlPullParser parser, ViewGroup root, boolean attachToRoot) {
         synchronized (mConstructorArgs) {
             final AttributeSet attrs = Xml.asAttributeSet(parser);
+            Context lastContext = (Context)mConstructorArgs[0];
             mConstructorArgs[0] = mContext;
             View result = root;
 
@@ -432,12 +433,12 @@ public abstract class LayoutInflater {
                         + ": " + e.getMessage());
                 ex.initCause(e);
                 throw ex;
+            } finally {
+                // Don't retain static reference on context.
+                mConstructorArgs[0] = lastContext;
+                mConstructorArgs[1] = null;
             }
 
-            // Told retain static reference on context.
-            mConstructorArgs[0] = null;
-            mConstructorArgs[1] = null;
-
             return result;
         }
     }