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copied!<p>I am developing an application for Froyo as minimum version and Gingerbread as the target version. So, the manifest shows:</p> <pre><code><uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="10"/> </code></pre> <p>I have an emulator and a Nexus One with Gingerbread, and the application deploys and installs correctly. But when it starts, it crashes, and the error thrown in the log is:</p> <pre><code>09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{com.my.package/com.my.package.Dashboard}: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.my.package.Dashboard in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/com.my.package-2.apk] 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1569) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1663) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:931) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.my.package.Dashboard in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/com.my.package-2.apk] 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.findClass(PathClassLoader.java:240) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:551) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:511) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1021) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1561) 09-18 06:35:11.240: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(382): ... 11 more </code></pre> <p>And yes, the activity "Dashboard" is declared in the Manifest:</p> <pre><code><manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.my.package" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" android:installLocation="auto"> <activity android:name=".Dashboard" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="portrait"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/> </intent-filter> </activity> ... </code></pre> <p>So what can this problem be related to?? This is driving me nuts.</p>

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