Android Activity ClassNotFoundException - tried everything
- by Matthew Rathbone
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
