Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.Class java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference

Question

I updated my android studio from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3 and updated my project sdk version to 28 and when i run the application it crashes as soon as it open and throws the following exception,

FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher, PID: 10288
java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.Class java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference
    at android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:1948)
    at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1865)
    at android.app.IActivityManager$Stub$Proxy.startActivity(IActivityManager.java:4541)
    at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1660)
    at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:4574)
    at com.android.launcher3.Launcher.startActivityForResult(SourceFile:1394)
    at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:4889)
    at com.android.launcher3.Launcher.startActivitySafely(SourceFile:2000)
    at com.android.launcher3.Launcher.startAppShortcutOrInfoActivity(SourceFile:1850)
    at com.android.launcher3.Launcher.onClick(SourceFile:1703)
    at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:6579)
    at android.view.View.performClickInternal(View.java:6556)
    at android.view.View.access$3100(View.java:777)
    at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:25660)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:819)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6656)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:438)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:823)
 Caused by: android.os.RemoteException: Remote stack trace:
    at android.app.LoadedApk.createAppFactory(LoadedApk.java:224)
    at android.app.LoadedApk.<init>(LoadedApk.java:152)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.getPackageInfo(ActivityThread.java:2043)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.getPackageInfo(ActivityThread.java:1998)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.getPackageInfo(ActivityThread.java:1970)

Answer 1

It is a problem of API P emulator. On API 28, 27 it works right.

Answer 2

As CoolMind said, It is a problem in API P emulator, you can solve it by updating your Google APIs Intel System Image in Android SDK.