java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity in Flutter

Question

Flutter newly created app gives error when using fire base.

How should i fix this problem as it is asking flutter app main activity cannot be cast to android app activity.

04-05 21:16:07.570 27391-27391/? E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: com.example.firestoreflutterchat, PID: 27391
    java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{com.example.firestoreflutterchat/com.example.firestoreflutterchat.MainActivity}: java.lang.ClassCastException: com.example.firestoreflutterchat.MainActivity cannot be cast to android.app.Activity
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2124)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2257)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:139)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1210)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5097)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)
        at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
     Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: com.example.firestoreflutterchat.MainActivity cannot be cast to android.app.Activity
        at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1084)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2115)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2257) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:139) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1210) 
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5097) 
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601) 
        at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 

This is main dart file , no changes are made here.

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  // This widget is the root of your application.
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Demo',
      theme: ThemeData(

        primarySwatch: Colors.blue,

        visualDensity: VisualDensity.adaptivePlatformDensity,
      ),
      home: MyHomePage(title: 'Flutter Demo Home Page'),
    );
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  MyHomePage({Key key, this.title}) : super(key: key);



  final String title;

  @override
  _MyHomePageState createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
  int _counter = 0;

  void _incrementCounter() {
    setState(() {

      _counter++;
    });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {

    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(

        title: Text(widget.title),
      ),
      body: Center(

        child: Column(

          mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
          children: <Widget>[
            Text(
              'You have pushed the button this many times:',
            ),
            Text(
              '$_counter',
              style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.headline4,
            ),
          ],
        ),
      ),
      floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
        onPressed: _incrementCounter,
        tooltip: 'Increment',
        child: Icon(Icons.add),
      ), 
    );
  }
}

This is android src Main activity kotlin :

package com.example.firestoreflutterchat

import android.content.Context
//import androidx.multidex.MultiDex
import io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication
import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity

class MainActivity : FlutterApplication() {


    }

I only opened a new flutter project and followed the fire base steps to add dependencies and google-services.json file to project.

It later was giving firebase in it error so i added multidex.

In the main dart file of flutter application and android module Main activity no changes were made.

Is it some thing i did wrong , i am new to flutter so i am not understanding.

Answer 1

In order to solve this error, I had to update the package name in the MainActivity file in the Kotlin folder of my flutter app. From the output of the console I knew that somewhere the default name still existed somewhere in my app, and that this was causing an error. Updating the package name in the MainActivity file solved this.

Answer 2

The error occurs when you change the package name. It doesn't sync with Kotlin

Steps:

• Go to android>app>src>main>kotlin>MainActivity
• Change the package name to the respective package name.

Answer 3

Because your MainActivity is child of FlutterApplication not FlutterActivity. Modify the MainActivity as following

import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity

class MainActivity: FlutterActivity() {
}

Answer 4

<application android:allowBackup="false" android:name="${applicationName}">

In the AndroidManisfest.xml update the tag application with the property android:name with "${applicationName}" like the code above. For me this issue was solved with this.

Answer 5

In my case command flutter clean and flutter pub get works for me

Try it out.