Android Activity ClassNotFoundException - tried everything

Posted by Matthew Rathbone on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Matthew Rathbone
Published on 2012-06-02T22:30:37Z Indexed on 2012/06/02 22:40 UTC
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I've just refactored an app into a framework library and an application, but now when I try and start the app in the emulator I get the following error stack trace:

06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{com.matthewrathbone.eastersays/com.matthewrathbone.eastersays.EasterSimonSaysActivity}: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.matthewrathbone.eastersays.EasterSimonSaysActivity in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/com.matthewrathbone.eastersays-1.apk]
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2585)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2679)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:125)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2033)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.matthewrathbone.eastersays.EasterSimonSaysActivity in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/com.matthewrathbone.eastersays-1.apk]
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.findClass(PathClassLoader.java:243)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:573)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:532)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1021)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2577)
06-02 18:22:35.529: E/AndroidRuntime(586):  ... 11 more

Usually this means that the manifest file is wrong in some way, but I've double checked everything I can think of.

Here is my activity class:

package com.matthewrathbone.eastersays;

import android.os.Bundle;

import com.rathboma.simonsays.Assets.Season;
import com.rathboma.simonsays.SeasonPicker;
import com.rathboma.simonsays.SimonSaysActivity;

    public class EasterSimonSaysActivity extends SimonSaysActivity {

      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      }

      @Override
      protected void onDestroy() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onDestroy();
      }

      @Override
      public SeasonPicker getSeasonPicker() {
       return new SeasonPicker(){
        @Override
        public Season getSeason() {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          return Season.EASTER;
        }
       };
      }
    }

As you can see, it's listed correctly in the manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.matthewrathbone.eastersays"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" android:targetSdkVersion="15" />

    <application
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <activity
            android:name=".EasterSimonSaysActivity"
            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>

I have no idea how to fix this, and would appreciate any help. I've scanned many similar questions on SO without seeing this particular behavior.

More info:

  • I've checked inside the generated APK and the class has an entry in the classes.dex file
  • I've tried cleaning/building the project in eclipse
  • I've tried using a totally new device image that doesn't have a copy of the APK on it already
  • I've changed the library project into a regular java, then changed back into an android project, no difference

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