Android :: Starting An Activity In OnStart

I'm trying to start a floating activity from onStart to retrieve some info from the user right when the initial activity begins.

I have the following:

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And callProfileDialog() is just:

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ProfileDialog.class returns a String from an input box. If the result returned is RESULT_CANCELED then I restart the activity.

The problem I'm having is that when the program starts, the screen is just black. If I hit the Back button a RESULT_CANCELED is returned then the initial activity shows as well as the floating activity (since it recalled itself when it got a RESULT_CANCELED). Why can't I get the activities show by calling ProfileDialog.class from onStart()? I got the same result when I called it at the end of onCreate() which is way I switch over to use onStart().

I have also tried the following:

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But this doesn't work either. It all works fine once I hit the back button but without doing that, it's all black.