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Unable to instantiate application - ClassNotFoundException on MainActivity

I've tried cleaning my project several times, restarting Eclipse, going to Build path -> Export, making sure Android private libraries is ticked, and I've tried parsing through XML and Java files to find the error myself. I have also tried researching here on StackOverflow but to no avail.

I've also checked if I was calling things before the onCreate method.

I fear my manifest XML file might be causing an issue but I don't see anything wrong with it.

Also a little information about the project which may help you find the bug:

  1. Java files are located in the Java package com.example.myfirstapp.
  2. The "Schedule" and "MainActivity" XML files are located in layout directory.

Since the error is related to the MainActivity XML file, I'll post that and the manifest.

So here's my MainActivity XML file (file name is activity_main.xml):

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="#800000"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">        
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_above="@+id/email"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
        android:contentDescription="@+string/logo"
        android:src="@drawable/brock_logo"/>    
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/password"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="textWebPassword"/>    
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/email"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_above="@+id/password"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="textWebEmailAddress">
        <requestFocus />
    </EditText>
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/login"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/password"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="21dp"
        android:onClick="login"
        android:text="@string/login" />    
</RelativeLayout>

Here is my AndroidManifest XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.myfirstapp"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0">    
    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="19"/>    
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>    
    <application
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:hasCode="false"
        android:icon="@drawable/brock_logo"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:logo="@drawable/brock_logo"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.myfirstapp.Schedule"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:parentActivityName=".MainActivity">
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
                android:value=".MainActivity"/>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

And here is my Logcat output:

09-21 13:19:41.598: D/dalvikvm(1190): Late-enabling CheckJNI
09-21 13:19:41.690: D/AndroidRuntime(1190): Shutting down VM
09-21 13:19:41.690: W/dalvikvm(1190): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception    (group=0xa4d85b20)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190): Process: com.example.myfirstapp, PID: 1190
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate application com.example.myfirstapp.MainActivity: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.example.myfirstapp.MainActivity" on path: DexPathList[[directory "."],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/system/lib]]
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:516)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4317)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:135)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1256)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.example.myfirstapp.MainActivity" on path: DexPathList[[directory "."],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/system/lib]]
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:497)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:457)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at android.app.Instrumentation.newApplication(Instrumentation.java:975)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:511)
09-21 13:19:41.698: E/AndroidRuntime(1190):     ... 11 more

Sorry for dumping code and debug output. Just trying to provide as much information as possible.

Thanks for reading.

Solution

  • try this:

     <application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/brock_logo"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:logo="@drawable/brock_logo"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

    then clean and rebuild your project.