java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find

Question

I'm currently working on a project in which I have to use purely native ndk. It worked when I try running an helloworld example from Irrlicht engine source. Then I try using it in my project following the same format of that example. But I got:

03-14 01:40:05.308: E/AndroidRuntime(799): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{com.irrlicht.example1/android.app.POMActivity}: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "android.app.POMActivity" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.irrlicht.example1-2.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app-lib/com.irrlicht.example1-2, /system/lib]]

while running my project.

Here is my main.cpp file:

#include <android/log.h>
#include <jni.h>
#include <android_native_app_glue.h>
#include "android_tools.h"
#ifdef _IRR_ANDROID_PLATFORM_
void android_main(android_app* app)
{
__android_log_print(4 , "pom" , "nothing");
}

#endif

in Android.mk:

LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)/..
IRRLICHT_PROJECT_PATH := $(LOCAL_PATH)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := Irrlicht
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := /home/karthik/Android/Essentials/ogl-es/lib/Android/libIrrlicht.a
include $(PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := HelloWorldMobile1
LOCAL_CFLAGS := -D_IRR_ANDROID_PLATFORM_ -pipe -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -fstrict-aliasing
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := -I ../../include -I /home/karthik/Android/Essentials/ogl-es/include -I /home/karthik/Android/json/jsoncpp-src-0.5.0/libs/linux-gcc-4.8 -I /home/karthik/Android/json/jsoncpp-src-0.5.0/include/json 
LOCAL_SRC_FILES :=  android_tools.cpp main.cpp
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -lEGL -llog -lGLESv1_CM -lGLESv2 -lz -landroid -ldl 
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := Irrlicht android_native_app_glue
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
$(call import-module,android/native_app_glue)

And I have given Activity name in AndroidManifest.xml:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.irrlicht.example1"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0">
...
<application android:icon="@drawable/irr_icon" android:label="HelloWorldMobile1" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" android:debuggable="true">
        <activity android:name="android.app.POMActivity"
        android:label="HelloWorldMobile1"
        android:launchMode="singleTask"
        android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait"
        android:clearTaskOnLaunch="true">
        <meta-data android:name="android.app.lib_name" android:value="HelloWorldMobile1" />                     

What is the mistake I am doing here? I'll post full code if necassary.

Answer 1

I should understand the problem by just seeing

dex errors

But it took a half day to fix the issue.
I fix this by following android developers page's instruction: https://developer.android.com/studio/build/multidex.html

First add this to gradle.build file :

defaultConfig {
    ...
    minSdkVersion 14
    targetSdkVersion 21
    ...

    // Enabling multidex support.
    multiDexEnabled true
}

 dependencies {
     compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0'
 }

Then extend Application class (or declare the application class in AndroidManifest.xml or override attachBaseContext() function with the MultiDexApplication class as instructed on the above link.

That's all and it solved the problem.

Answer 2

i solved it by using: ./gradlew --stop command in android studio terminal. After perform this command then clean and rebuild project.

Answer 3

1. delete the bin folder
2. change the order of librarys
3. clean and rebuild

worked for me.

Answer 4

We don't need to have customized Application class which extends MultiDexApplication. Instead, we can have like this on AndroidManifest.xml

<application
android:name="android.support.multidex.MultiDexApplication"
android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

And along with this on build.gradle(Module:app),

defaultConfig {
      ...

      // Enabling multidex support.
      multiDexEnabled true
}

dependencies {
     ... 
     compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.2'
}

Thanks.