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.init(activity); is showing error [android]

i am trying to implement ShineButton in my project . I have successfully synced the library to the gradle and added shine button in the xml.
now when i am trying to write the java code
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button b1 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button);
b1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Kill bill", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
ShineButton shineButton = (ShineButton) findViewById(R.id.po_image2);
shineButton.init(context);
}
}
.init(activity); is showing cannot resolve symbol activity.

You don't literally copy the code verbatim, you read the documentation and object types supported by the method.
public void init(Activity activity) {
For example, I assume you are running that from an activity based on the usage of findViewById? Then you need "this instance of the Activity"
shineButton.init(this);
or an instance of an Activity if you were in a Fragment
shineButton.init(getActivity());

If the code is in Activity use shineButton.init(Activityname.this).
If it is in
fragment use shineButton.init(getActivity()).
Read this: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/ and this https://developer.android.com/training/index.html

Change:
shineButton.init(context);
To:
shineButton.init(MainActivity.this);
MainActivity.this holds the instance of MainActivity class and can be used to initialise the view.

Why am I not allowed to use setOnClickListener in this situation?

This makes no sense, I am given an error saying that setOnClickListener can't be applied to MainActivity. But i've made other projects where I've never encountered this problem. What's going on?
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
Button button;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
button = ((Button) findViewById(R.id.button));
button.setOnClickListener(this);
}

You have to declare MainActivity like this:
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements View.OnClickListener
and after that you have to override the onClick method in MainActivity
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//do something...
}

As we can see you havn't implemented the View.OnClickListener on Main activity..
this will be used as MainActivity but the parameter that can be passed is OnClickListener
SideNote: Always try to typecast before you use, this greatly reduce the complications and sometimes takes you to mistakes you are doing.

Use a container for Android activities

I want to know if Android support the possibility to make a container with some static components and just include my activities in it.
I have a sliding menu with some onClickListener events and I don't want to set these events for each activity.

If I understood you correctly, you have some functionality that is common to several Activities, and you don't want to repeat the same code in all of them. Instead, you want to do that in one place.
One way to achieve this is to create a superclass activity, place your common code in that activity, and then extend it with your other activities. For example,
public class BaseActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
private Button button;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.my_button);
button.setOnClickListener(this);
}
...
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
int id = view.getId();
switch(id) {
case R.id.my_button:
// perform action
break;
}
}
}
Then you extend it as
public class Activity1 extends BaseActivity {
/...
}
public class Activity2 extends BaseActivity {
/...
}
public class Activity3 extends BaseActivity {
/...
}

I am not exactly sure I understand your question, can you perhaps elaborate some more? maybe even post some sample code that you are using currently.
From what I can tell you should be able to achieve what you want by making your own CustomActivity
public class CustomActivity extends Activity {
//put your slidingmenu stuff here
}
Then inside all of the other Activities where you want to use that shared piece do it like this:
public class AnotherActivity extends CustomActivity {
//...
}
with extends CustomActivity instead of the usual extends Activity

This is how i solved the problem:
First thing i did is creating my main class wich will host common code.
for example :
public abstract class main extends activity(){
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(getLayoutResourceId());
// Your common code here
}
protected abstract int getLayoutResourceId();
}
Then all what you need is to extend this class in your activity:
public class HelloActivity extends main{
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
setContentView(R.layout.activity_hello);
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//make sure to put setcontentview before super.oncreate
}
#Override
protected int getLayoutResourceId() {
return R.layout.activity_hello;
}
}

All the activities needs to be registered in the Manifest. For the common things, e.g. Slide menu, you can use Fragment for the slide menu.

using onClickView to call another class

I want to use a button click to pass selection parameters to another class that will build a map screen using the passed parameters. I am focused on getting my button action working. I a using onCLickListener and onCLickView as follows
Class1:
public class Class1 extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
Class2 class2;
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
..........
Button button = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btn_configup1);
button.setOnClickListener(this);
}
public void onClick(View v) {
Class2 class2 = new Class2();
//Save state.. selections and params and use bundle
//to pass into class2
class2.execMapBuild();
}
}
Class2:
public class Class2 extends MapActivity {
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.drawable.navup);
}
public void execMapBuild() {
finish(); //just in case we return.
Intent intent = new Intent(CLass2.this, Class2.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
I have everything working except the desired button action. I want the button click in Class1.onVlickView to call Class2.execMapBuild using the button click action. I have the button click capturing the action and calling the execMapBuild method on Class2. But I get a NullPointerException as it moves from startActivity(intent) into onCreate.
I have tried several other ways of nailing this down, but this seems the best and I seem close to figuring it out. I would really appreciate an explanation of what I may be missing.
Added code that was initially not copied in.

To expand on #Heiko Rupp's answer, if you want Class2 to display a map, it needs to extend something like Activity. As such, you can't just call it with a normal method. You need to register the Activity in your manifest and then call it using an Intent. Here is a sample of the kind of thing you should be doing:
public class Class1 extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
...
Button button = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btn_configup1);
button.setOnClickListener(this);
}
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Class1.this,Class2.class);
intent.putExtra("key","data");
...
startActivity(intent);
}
}
public class Class2 extends MapActivity {
String mData;
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
...
Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
if (extras != null) {
mData = extras.getString("key");
...
}
...
}
}
Can I also suggest that you use more descriptive class names than Class1 and Class2.

Class2 is no activity, so the callbacks of an Activity will not be called by the system.
And if it were an Activity, you could not just call into it via new Class2(), as still the callbacks are not executed.
Try to clean this up and then start Class2 activity from Class1 with an Intent as you are doing within execMapBuild().

Code works in one Android project but won't compile in another

The following code was copied from project one and pasted into project two. No errors in project one. In project two I get:
The method onClick(View) of type new View.OnClickListener((){} must override a superclass method
implements androd.view.View.OnClickListener.onClick
The project settings look the same, but I must be missing something.
private Button mCompany = null;
public class About extends Activity{
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.about);
setTitle(R.string.title_about);
mCompany = (Button)findViewById(R.id.about_company_button);
mCompany.setOnClickListener( new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(Uri.parse(getResources().getString(R.string.app_company_website)));
startActivity(intent);
}
});

Found a solution on another site but I would like to know why this will work. It said to comment out the Override. Actually, it now compiles fine but crashes when the about item is clicked.