Apps Launch MapActivity from regular Activity

[kryten]

I'm trying to launch a MapActivity Class from an Activity Class.
Here's the Errors I'm seeing in LogCat when I'm starting up the app - the app doesn't actually crash until I click the button to launch the MapActivity. I read where one person had this problem that turned out to be caused by using an emulator version that didn't match the app target version, but I verified that the emulator does match the target version.

06-26 23:37:56.628: WARN/dalvikvm(287): Unable to resolve superclass of Lcom/ripleyapp/FindUs; (30)
06-26 23:37:56.638: WARN/dalvikvm(287): Link of class 'Lcom/ripleyapp/FindUs;' failed
06-26 23:37:56.648: ERROR/dalvikvm(287): Could not find class 'com.ripleyapp.FindUs', referenced from method com.ripleyapp.ripleyapp.startGPS

Here's the referenced startGPS method:

privatevoid startGPS(){​

final Intent intent = new Intent(ripleyapp.this, FindUs.class);
startActivity(intent);
}​

 

[dmitriyk]

Try referencing the class in the Intent constructor using its fully qualified name or at least make sure that the namespace is correct. It looks like the class you're trying to launch (i.e. FindUs) can't be located.

 

[kryten]

Try referencing the class in the Intent constructor using its fully qualified name or at least make sure that the namespace is correct. It looks like the class you're trying to launch (i.e. FindUs) can't be located.

Just tried that, but still...

final Intent intent = new Intent(ripleyapp.this, com.ripleyapp.FindUs.class);

06-27 21:16:02.466: WARN/dalvikvm(285): Unable to resolve superclass of Lcom/ripleyapp/FindUs; (30)
06-27 21:16:02.476: WARN/dalvikvm(285): Link of class 'Lcom/ripleyapp/FindUs;' failed
06-27 21:16:02.476: ERROR/dalvikvm(285): Could not find class 'com.ripleyapp.FindUs', referenced from method com.ripleyapp.ripleyapp.startGPS
06-27 21:16:02.496: WARN/dalvikvm(285): VFY: unable to resolve const-class 35 (Lcom/ripleyapp/FindUs in Lcom/ripleyapp/ripleyapp;


Another note - If I change the class so that it extends Activity instead of MapActivity, I don't get that error (but of course, I can't use it to display a map then)

 

[kryten]

I found a solution - You simply make that regular activity a mapactivity. That's it. You have to add an unimplemented method along with that of course, but you don't have to actually add a mapview to the layout, just change "extends Activity" to "extends MapActivity". I guess that's why no one has answered the question because the solution is so obvious. I had tried this once and failed, but forgot to put the " <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />" in the manifest

 

[dimovdaniel]

Just move the <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" /> UP int he mainfest file and every think will work fine