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I am new to Android and I am trying a few small apps (like Compass). When I run the app in the emulator, it gives the message Unfortunately, Compass has Stopped.
I have no compile time errors.
How do I solve this, and what is causing this?
Thanks in advance.
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To clear cache, go to Settings > Application > Manage apps > Select "All" tabs, select the app which was producing error and then tap Clear cache and data. Clearing RAM is a good deal when you are facing the error "Unfortunately, the app has stopped" in Android.
The Best Answer is Probably the project you are running is not compatible (API version/Hardware requirements) with the emulator settings. Check in your build. gradle file if the targetSDK and minimumSdk version is lower or equal to the sdk version of your Emulator.
I had the same error message and found that, in commenting out uses-permission nodes in AndroidManifest.xml I had commented out one that was needed. When I put it back in the app ran fine. I was able to reproduce the error. I needed:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
This was for a barebones index.html, single page app, that displays Hello World. And the permission above was the only one I needed to do Run As/ Android Application and get it to run in an emulator.
HTH
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