my android app was running fine until I added some classes and edited the manifest file.
Now, when I try to run or debug the app on my android emulator with android 2.2, the app crashes and I get a ClassNotFoundException as follows:
D/AndroidRuntime( 275): >>>>>>>>>>>>>> AndroidRuntime START <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
D/AndroidRuntime( 275): CheckJNI is ON
D/AndroidRuntime( 275): --- registering native functions ---
I/ActivityManager( 59): Starting activity: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] flg=0x10000000 cmp=de.bastian.gpstracker/.MainActivity }
I/ActivityManager( 59): Start proc de.bastian.gpstracker for activity de.bastian.gpstracker/.MainActivity: pid=281 uid=10036 gids={}
D/AndroidRuntime( 275): Shutting down VM
D/jdwp ( 275): adbd disconnected
D/AndroidRuntime( 281): Shutting down VM
W/dalvikvm( 281): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001d800)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate application de.bastian.gpstracker: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: de.bastian.gpstracker in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/de.bastian.gpstracker-1.apk]
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at android.app.ActivityThread$PackageInfo.makeApplication(ActivityThread.java:649)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4232)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$3000(ActivityThread.java:125)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2071)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: de.bastian.gpstracker in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/de.bastian.gpstracker-1.apk]
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.findClass(PathClassLoader.java:243)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:573)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:532)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at android.app.Instrumentation.newApplication(Instrumentation.java:942)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): at android.app.ActivityThread$PackageInfo.makeApplication(ActivityThread.java:644)
E/AndroidRuntime( 281): ... 11 more
W/ActivityManager( 59): Force finishing activity de.bastian.gpstracker/.MainActivity
D/dalvikvm( 149): GC_FOR_MALLOC freed 4092 objects / 248904 bytes in 134ms
W/ActivityManager( 59): Activity pause timeout for HistoryRecord{43fa91d0 de.bastian.gpstracker/.MainActivity}
I/ActivityManager( 59): Displayed activity com.android.launcher/com.android.launcher2.Launcher: 12561 ms (total 12561 ms)
W/ActivityManager( 59): Activity destroy timeout for HistoryRecord{43fa91d0 de.bastian.gpstracker/.MainActivity}
D/KeyguardViewMediator( 59): pokeWakelock(5000)
D/KeyguardViewMediator( 59): pokeWakelock(5000)
I/ARMAssembler( 59): generated scanline__00000177:03515104_00001001_00000000 [ 91 ipp] (114 ins) at [0x325a10:0x325bd8] in 590637 ns
I/ARMAssembler( 59): generated scanline__00000077:03515104_00000000_00000000 [ 33 ipp] (47 ins) at [0x3261f0:0x3262ac] in 261841 ns
W/WindowManager( 59): No window to dispatch pointer action 1
I/Process ( 281): Sending signal. PID: 281 SIG: 9
I/ActivityManager( 59): Process de.bastian.gpstracker (pid 281) has died.
I guess it's something wrong with my project configuration. Here is my manifest file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="de.bastian.gpstracker"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="10" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
android:name="de.bastian.gpstracker" >
<activity
android:name="de.bastian.gpstracker.MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
To be honest, I do not remember the last changes I made to this file, but, to me, everything seems to be fine here.
While searching for a sultion, I also came along the link Android Activity ClassNotFoundException - tried everything, which describes the same problem, but has a solution no applicable to my case as I am only working with a single project.
In the error log above, I noticed that the file name of the apk created ends on a '-1'. Maybe that's an error, maybe that's simply how eclipse/adt handles things. Also, I noticed that, when I try to run/debug the project, multiple class files with names MainActivity.class, MainActivity$1.class, MainActivity$2.class are created, although I only have a single MainActivity.java file (and no MainActivity$2.file or anything like that).
It would be great if someone had an idea of what's going wrong here.
You are setting the application node to reference a nonexistent class
de.bastian.gpstracker
Refers to the package name, no class whatsoever. Since gpstracker is the last thing in that string, the class loader assumes that gpstracker is a class, tries to load it and fails.
So write the name of the Application class (which extends Application).
Eg
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
android:name="de.bastian.gpstracker.MyApplicationClass" >
If you don't have a class that extends Application, then take out the android:name attribute for this node so it looks just like:
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >