custom android.app.Application not firing onCreate event

Question

I'm deriving a custom application from android.app.Application and I can't get its onCreate event being fired. Here's the implementation

import android.app.Application;

public class MyApplication extends Application {

    public MyApplication() {
        super();
    }

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
    }
}

And here's how I'm using it:

MyApplication ctrl = new MyApplication();

Answer 1

Add following in your AndroidManifest.xml

<application
    android:name="MyApplication"
    android:debuggable="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/icon"
    android:label="@string/app_name">
</application>

then your onCreate() will get fired.