Error type 3: Activity Class {…} does not exist

Question

AndroidManifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.m.e"
      android:versionCode="5"
      android:versionName="3.0">

<uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="18"/>

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

<application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
    <activity
            android:name="com.m.e"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden">
        <intent-filter>
            <action
                    android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"
                    />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    <activity
            android:name="com.m.e"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden">
        <intent-filter>
            <action
                    android:name="android.intent.action.first"
                   />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

    .....

</application>

</manifest>

Error :

 Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] cmp=com.m.e/.Splash }
 Error type 3
 Error: Activity class {com.m.e/com.m.e.Splash} does not exist.

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Note: .Splash does exist.

Answer 1

Mostly it's an eclipse issue, so the normal scenarios might work with you. Clean the project and rebuild the work space, open the manifest and check if there is any error, recheck the class name mentioned in the log, clean again and again, restart eclipse , open and clean.

Answer 2

I had the same error after renaming/refactoring. What I did was add the applicationId property attribute to my build.gradle file, and set its value to the application package. Like this:

android{
    defaultConfig{
        applicationId "com.example.mypackage"
    }
}

Answer 3

I resolved this issue by restarting my test device and restarting Android Studio.

Answer 4

I suppose you have a devices like my LG Stylus 3 Android 7.0, in which when you press and move app from desktop to the trash, app does not removed from device. See my accepted answer on the same question for details.

Answer 5

I was using a library module with an example Activity that was specified in the Manifest.

taking out the example activity from the manifest in the library project worked for me.

Answer 6

This is how i fixed it. go to gradle > Tasks > Install > UninstallAll