I cannot instantiate a sub activity. In the logcat I see this line:
01-22 15:14:38.906: DEBUG/dalvikvm(411): newInstance failed: no <init>()
This is the line in dalvik that generates that logcat.
/*
* public T newInstance() throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException
*
* Create a new instance of this class.
*/
static void Dalvik_java_lang_Class_newInstance(const u4* args, JValue* pResult)
...
/* find the "nullary" constructor */
init = dvmFindDirectMethodByDescriptor(clazz, "<init>", "()V");
if (init == NULL) {
/* common cause: secret "this" arg on non-static inner class ctor */
LOGD("newInstance failed: no <init>()\n");
dvmThrowExceptionWithClassMessage("Ljava/lang/InstantiationException;",
clazz->descriptor);
RETURN_VOID();
}
Here is the action I take to activate the activity in a timer handler.
// move on to Activation
// ePNSplash is this activity a splash screen
Intent i = new Intent (ePNSplash.this, Activation.class);
startActivity (i);
The activity that I am trying to start is 2 extensions above Activity
Here is the first extension
public abstract class AndroidScreen extends Activity {
....
public AndroidScreen (String title, AndroidScreen parent, AndroidScreen main)
{
super ();
myGlobals = Globals.getGlobals ();
myGlobals.myLogger.logString("AndroidScreen: 001");
myParent = parent;
myMainScreen = main;
myTitle = title;
}
This is only the constructor, which seems to be the part that has the problem. Here is the 2nd extension and the class i am trying to instantiate.
public class Activation extends AndroidScreen {
public Activation (String title, AndroidScreen parent, AndroidScreen main)
{
super (title, parent, main);
}
I am absolutely confused, I have a constructor, I make sure I call my super constructors, what could possibly be wrong?
Thank you
Julian
dalvikvm's looking for a zero-argument constructor (that's what they mean by "nullary", as in "binary" for 2 arguments, "unary" for 1 argument, it's "nullary" for 0 arguments).
in the snippet you've shown, you only have a three-argument constructor. that's no good: you'll be instantiated with no arguments, so you need a zero-argument constructor.
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