Android Application Development Tutorial - 13 - Introduction to the Android Manifest

[viciousstrifeay]

what's up my gangstas. lol. easy to understand tutorial.

[lmommaerts]

For anyone having the force close problem:

MAKE SURE your Splash.java is in your main src package (com.thenewboston.travis, or whatever). You can either do this by typing ---> package com.thenewboston.travis; in your Splash.java file OR just drag and drop it from (default) into the com.thenewboston.travis in your src folder.

[moonsoonmenu]

lol "Wassup my gangstas" hilarious

[kurumaw]

whatsupp my gangsta XD

[ownage554]

I love studying many subjects art to science are all useful skills and the world would be better if more understood this.

[kiksony]

Could not find The New Boston.apk!

What should i Do? Without the Splash it works fine..

[melvinmarte]

What's up my ganstas?

[djmaxxl]

I get a force close upon running my program. Eclipse does not show any bugs. Does anyone know how to solve this?

[yoyos41]

Whenever I try and the it I get force Close? Any Help? Checked my code for 4 days. And pored it on forum but no one replied

[stri8ted]

@yoyos41 Inside your Android Manifest, double check that the "android:name" attribute and make sure it is spelled exactly the same as the Java class file (in my case android:name=".Splash"). Also make sure the period before the name.

[xteric1]

I find the android manifest file a bit intimidating

[TheJennetteFan]

Here is a switch loop examle mate switch (expression) {

case cond1: code_block_1;

case cond2: code_block_2;

...

case condn: code_block_n;

default: code_block_default;

}

Just fill the blanks then eclipse will swithc it to if statement for you

[MaFiOzOs88]

@TheJennetteFan thank for the answer my friend but my problem is not in the switch statement, it is on the code that "makes the splash screen appear! I fully understand the xml part, and the new class named "Splash" part, but since the error is talking about "code migration", i don't seem to understand what to change (noob here :P). In the given code, what should be changed to make the Splash Screen appear?

[MaFiOzOs88]

The original code of the class is: public class Splash extends Activity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub super.onCreate(savedInstanceSt­ate); super.setIntegerProperty(R.dra­wable.ic_launcher); };

}

What the heck needs to be changed regarding the methods and the switch statement in order to make the Splash Screen work??

I've been busting my head over this problem for the last 4 days!!!

Mayday Mayday! :P

[TheJennetteFan]

@MaFiOzOs88 The easiest fix is to change the api level (android version ) to 2.2

[screwthisite]

@MaFiOzOs88 I think it is SetContentView(R.layout.splash­) instead of super.setIntegerProperty(R.dra­­wable.ic_launcher);

[tsolorio3001]

Ok, fixed the splash.xml is out of sync error. Had a typo somewhere. Now I've gotta figure out another problem. The program keeps crashing on my tablet. Going through the log to see what happened.

[MaFiOzOs88]

Does anyone have any idea, how to fix the problem about the splash, @TheJennetteFan is describing? I'm stuck... :S

[TheJennetteFan]

splash has been removed from adt14 but you can use swtich statements insted

[tsolorio3001]

@TheJennetteFan So I've been trying to fix splash for no reason?? :(

[TheJennetteFan]

@tsolorio3001 let me explain it firs if you want to develop for 2.3 you must use a swith loop for 2.2 you can use the method shown in this video

[tsolorio3001]

@TheJennetteFan Actually I'm developing using 2.2. Now I'm getting an error: splash.xml is out of sync. Please refresh. I've already redone the splash.xml twice.

[tsolorio3001]

@TheJennetteFan I'll try what you suggested. Thanks.

[MaFiOzOs88]

@TheJennetteFan can you give us an example (c/p of the code preferably if it ain't too much trouble), how is it gonna be fixed using the switch loop? Thanks in advance mate! :D

[92tomallen]

Im still stuck, can't do this bit all...

[HandMekeysYouFuCoSkr]

Lol. And the splash activity is gonna get super depressed if it doesn't get recognised.

[Starclopsotube]

@Myself

Ugh, nvm guys, its because Android saves the state of the application when you go back to the home screen.

If anyone else has this problem, go to Settings>Applications>Running Applications, then to your app, then "Force Kill". When you execute it again, it should start from the splash.

[Starclopsotube]

I've checked my manifest 100 times and it looks right, but my app still starts from the "Your total is" screen. Any idea what could be wrong?

[guerrillaspikes]

less mouse more CTRL + SPACE ;)

[xXLogicalArgumentsXx]

I'm his gangster :DDD

[timedstroyer]

why does my emulator take so long to start up??

[Whitellama11]

@timedstroyer No idea... But, if you plug your phone in, and it runs the same android platform that you're developing for, for example I'm developing for Gingerbread (2.3.3) and that's what my phone runs, then when you run the application, you can actually select your phone from the list that should pop up, and you can test it on your phone. It's much faster.

[malikb979]

@timedstroyer Because it takes a lot to emulate an android phone.

[claudiodom27]

for anyone who this error: "splash cannot be resolved or is not a field "

you should resolve by removing the "import android.R;"over the Splash.java

[rgordon999]

PLEASE limit your "For the Most Part" statements... OMG you say it so dang much. But thank you for the class

[DemocraWatch]

You forgot to add a splash screen timeout, otherwise the splash screen doesn't go away! How do we do that?

[MRillskillz1]

@david3165 i did what you told me, my splash screen is working fine (My image came up) but the counter app that we made is not running....anything wrong with this? (no errors in eclipse)

please help me out!!

[Slarkepung]

You say "basically" a lot! Good tutorials tho :)

[TheConsole2011]

How do I get line numbers?

[vasterhaninge]

@TheConsole2011 window -> Preferences -> search for text and there is a little box to the right that says "Show line numbers" PM if u have any questions.

[TheDanielLee1]

@sweet2smart - thanks, I will try later when I am home.

Any idea why this is happening?

[TheDanielLee1]

Getting a problem where the java won't pick up my 'splash in the setContentView - can anyone help? splash.xml code below

----

package com.dwl285.dan;

import android.R;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.os.Bundle;

public class Splash extends Activity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle RandomBundle) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub super.onCreate(RandomBundle); setContentView(R.layout.splash­); }

}

[sweet2smart]

@TheDanielLee1 ...make a new Splash.java file...and type the code again ...it should work....I had the same problem....

[MomoMaxedOut]

The splash screen came up, but I got this message, "ActivityManager: Warning: Activity not started, its current task has been brought to the front" I'm confused because it worked anyways.. :D

[polifaceticjat]

@MomoMaxedOut i'm having the same problem, did u realize what was the problem??

[sweet2smart]

nothing comes as output on my homescreen emulator......just the wallpaper with charging sign...dont know whats wrong........

[david3165]

@sweet2smart After the Home Screen loads all the way (unlock and volume icons appear) click the MENU button located in the right side window pane and the new splash screen should load. This of course assumes that you have no errors displayed in the Eclipse Package Explorer window pane. Always make sure that the .java file is selected when you press the Run button and not an .xml file because that will attempt to run the xml file rather than the java class files (main.output.xml errors display)

[sweet2smart]

@david3165 OMG....such a small thing and I spent the whole day scratching my head ...Thank you so much for solving the problem.......I was so happy to finally see my .png image on emu* ...Thanks a lot once again !! :D

[BloodyMagnificent]

18:33:33,251 INFO [main] Main - javax.xml.transform.Transforme­rFactory=null

18:33:33,253 INFO [main] Main - java.endorsed.dirs=C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\endorsed

18:33:33,258 INFO [main] Main - launchFile: C:\Users\gera\Desktop\digitale­xpansions\.metadata\.plugins\o­rg.eclipse.wst.xsl.jaxp.launch­ing\launch\launch.xml

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[pchelper102]

can you post some source code that would be very helpful to be able to see it easier

[AlgebraManlego]

it did not work for me

[humanmatti]

:D!

[Flaminyogurt]

Everyone is the 0th viewer, yay!

[WPGxSpork]

Thumbs up if you're the 0th viewer :p

[mastermax7777]

crap it doesnt't come up when i try to run it, says closed unexpectedly.. anyone knows what can be the problem??

[mastermax7777]

@mastermax7777 nvm fixed it, just forgot a > in splash.xml o_o

[Pwncakes1966]

@mastermax7777 Welcome to programming =D Five hours of "WHY WONT IT WORK!" 2 seconds of "Because I forgot a semi-colon" =P

[kylemaster38]

@Pwncakes1966 thats so true!!!

[NickEnchev]

@Pwncakes1966 Weeellll, if you're missing a semi-colon, the compiler will usually tell you...

[glassking99]

@mastermax7777 youtube is messed up today !!

[RickyLopezMartinez]

nice