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debug APK parsing error (generate by click android studio run button)

I had developed app on android studio 3.0.1, but I got a error when I installed the apk to my cellphone.
Cellphone connect mac by usb, click run button
,the apk will installed and run no error. But if I copy the apk in finder (like this)
to cellphone and install it in phone, there will be an error "APK parsing error".
If install apk by "adb install xxx.apk" ，when open the app, it will crash and logcat as follow:
12-20 16:35:09.562 14658-14658/? I/art: Late-enabling -Xcheck:jni
12-20 16:35:09.562 14658-14658/? I/art: Reinit property: dalvik.vm.checkjni= false
12-20 16:35:09.614 14658-14658/com.xxx.xxx I/InstantRun: starting instant run server: is main process
12-20 16:35:09.620 14658-14658/com.xxx.xxx E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.xxx.xxx, PID: 14658
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{com.xxx.xxx/com.xxx.xxx.MainActivity}: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.xxx.xxx.MainActivity" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.xxx.xxx-1/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.xxx.xxx-1/lib/arm64, /data/app/com.xxx.xxx-1/base.apk!/lib/arm64-v8a, /system/lib64, /vendor/lib64, /system/vendor/lib64, /product/lib64]]
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2695)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2867)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1570)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:156)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6595)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:942)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:832)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.xxx.xxx.MainActivity" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.xxx.xxx-1/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.xxx.xxx-1/lib/arm64, /data/app/com.xxx.xxx-1/base.apk!/lib/arm64-v8a, /system/lib64, /vendor/lib64, /system/vendor/lib64, /product/lib64]]
at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:380)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:312)
at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1083)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2685)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2867) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1570) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:156) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6595) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:942) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:832) 
12-20 16:35:09.624 14658-14658/com.xxx.xxx I/Process: Sending signal. PID: 14658 SIG: 9
But if click Bulid>Build APK(s) , then copy the apk in same folder (this : apk)to cellphone, it will install and run with no error...
is it a bug in android studio?
manifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.xxx.xxx">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>

In new version VS, You shold use "Bulid Apk" menu option to generate the product apk :)

try with disable Instant Run . it find at
Run Goto File -> Settings -> Build,Execution, Deployment -> Instant Run -> Uncheck the checkbox for instant run
before this uninstall previous app from device.

Android: Rare and Non-Reproducible ClassNotFoundException

I have a published app that gets reports about a ClassNotFoundExceptionfrom users that I went beyond my wits end trying to fix. I have not been able to reproduce this crash and similar instances of this error here on SO have either been cases of incorrect path to a dependency or a different package in the MainActivity than the manifest.
The issues with the wrong path to the dependencies are an Eclipse thing, while all the other errors could be easily fixed with Android Studio's "sync" and "clean project" (which I did to no avail).
I've triple checked all the package names and did not find any discrepancies.
Here is my manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.johan.fsc">
<uses-permission android:name = "android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.android.vending.BILLING" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/logo"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:fullBackupContent="true">
<activity
android:name="com.johan.fsc.MainActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/splashscreenTheme"
android:hardwareAccelerated="false"
android:largeHeap="true">>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name = "com.johan.fsc.SettingsActivity"
android:theme="#style/PreferencesTheme"/>
</application>
Here is the error report I always get from users:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{com.johan.fsc/com.johan.fsc.MainActivity}: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.johan.fsc.MainActivity" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.johan.fsc-1/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/vendor/lib, /system/lib]]
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2426)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2595)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:178)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1470)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:111)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:194)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5624)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:959)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:754)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.johan.fsc.MainActivity" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.johan.fsc-1/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/vendor/lib, /system/lib]]
at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:511)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:469)
at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1071)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2416)
... 10 more
Suppressed: java.io.IOException: Failed to open oat file from dex location '/data/app/com.johan.fsc-1/base.apk'
at dalvik.system.DexFile.openDexFileNative(Native Method)
at dalvik.system.DexFile.openDexFile(DexFile.java:295)
at dalvik.system.DexFile.<init>(DexFile.java:80)
at dalvik.system.DexFile.<init>(DexFile.java:59)
at dalvik.system.DexPathList.loadDexFile(DexPathList.java:262)
at dalvik.system.DexPathList.makeDexElements(DexPathList.java:231)
at dalvik.system.DexPathList.<init>(DexPathList.java:109)
at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.<init>(BaseDexClassLoader.java:48)
at dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.<init>(PathClassLoader.java:65)
at android.app.ApplicationLoaders.getClassLoader(ApplicationLoaders.java:57)
at android.app.LoadedApk.getClassLoader(LoadedApk.java:370)
at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:562)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4818)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:178)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1531)
... 7 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Failed to open oat file from /data/app/com.johan.fsc-1/arm/base.odex (error Failed to open oat filename for reading: No such file or directory) (no dalvik_cache availible) and relocation failed.
... 22 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException:
... 22 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Failed to remove obsolete file from /data/dalvik-cache/arm/data#app#com.johan.fsc-1#base.apk#classes.dex when searching for dex file /data/app/com.johan.fsc-1/base.apk: Permission denied
... 22 more
Suppressed: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.johan.fsc.MainActivity
at java.lang.Class.classForName(Native Method)
at java.lang.BootClassLoader.findClass(ClassLoader.java:781)
at java.lang.BootClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:841)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:504)
... 13 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Class not found using the boot class loader; no stack available/output.
It would seem that the culprit is java.io.IOException: Failed to remove obsolete file from /data/dalvik-cache/arm/data#app#com.johan.fsc-1#base.apk#classes.dex when searching for dex file /data/app/com.johan.fsc-1/base.apk: Permission denied, but I have not found why it's being invoked for some users and not the majority, and more importantly--how to fix it.

Possible Cause 1: There is a typo in the manifest in the line android:largeHeap="true">>. xml line ends with >>. This may be preventing the Intent-Filter from executing.
Possible Cause 2: My guess is that the phone is searching for a class <PackageName>.<PackageName>.<ClassName> instead of <PackageName>.<ClassName> . So definitely <PackageName>.<PackageName>.<ClassName> is not found and ClassNotFoundException would be the result. In android studio, in the manifest, by default activity name is written like this: android:name=".<ClassName>" instead of android:name="<PackageName>.<ClassName>" . You can give this a try.
Most phones may be checking whether packagename is added before the class name in the manifest. If it is added then they don't add it while searching of the class. While few phones must be adding the package name by default while searching for the class. Hence, they cannot find your class.

Certainly, you're naming your activity wrong. An activity CAN NOT consist the package's name in its name attribute.
Since you're already defining the package name here
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.johan.fsc">
You shouldn't mention that name here
<activity android:name="com.johan.fsc.MainActivity"
The only situation you should use package name along with a class's name is when the java class resides in a different package, as done in import statements.
Even if your activity is not present in the src folder and is instead present in a nested folder, android studio should handle the linking of manifest and the activity itself. Yet again, package name shouldn't be used there.

Rare Android Unable to Instantiate Application Exception

I'm seeing the following exception under Crashes in the dev console from time to time.
Whats puzzling about it is that google maps shows up in the call stack as if its calling or creating my app class - very confusing. Whats further weird is the "MyApp-2.apk" in the call stack - where it appends the "-2".
I do include the android.maps.jar file in the libs.
I would like to know how to recreate this if possible and how to prevent this from happening?
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate application com.MyApp.MyCustomApp:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.MyApp.MyCustomApp"
on path: /system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar:/data/app/com.MyApp-2.apk
at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:503)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4405)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1400(ActivityThread.java:141)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1327)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5059)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:792)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:555)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.MyApp.MyCustomApp" on path: /system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar:/data/app/com.MyApp-2.apk
at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:61)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:501)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:461)
at android.app.Instrumentation.newApplication(Instrumentation.java:967)
at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:498)
... 11 more
Manifest Application Tag:
<application
android:name=".MyApp"
android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
android:icon="#drawable/app_icon"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppBaseTheme" >
I'm using these JARS: android-support-v4-r2-googlemaps.jar + android-support-v4.jar

The prime reason why a Class within your application would be present on your test devices but missing at runtime on some others would be if your class has a dependency on some external feature which is missing on those devices. For example, if you used some Google API which is not part of AOSP and so missing on a plain AOSP build, or a vendor build which does not license these, then your class will be pruned at install time as its dependencies cannot be resolved.
A common reason for your app finding its way into such circumstances might be someone running an inconsistently assembled "custom ROM" on their device.

Using Android Emulator (eclipse) fails to start the tic-tac-toe example

I am trying to test the tic-tac-toe in eclipse. It compiles and deploys to emulator device (AVD) but no matter what version of Android I use, the application deployed says: Application Stopped. Close it. Is there any specific setting I should follow?
Note: I already setup the Eclipse environment, add libraries, etc.
Thanks!
Here is the log error:
01-16 01:07:35.994: E/AndroidRuntime(883): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-16 01:07:35.994: E/AndroidRuntime(883): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{com.google.cast.samples.tictactoe/com.google.cast.samples.tictactoe.GameActivity}: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.google.cast.samples.tictactoe.GameActivity" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.google.cast.samples.tictactoe-1.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app-lib/com.google.cast.samples.tictactoe-1, /system/lib]]
01-16 01:07:35.994: E/AndroidRuntime(883): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2137)
01-16 01:07:35.994: E/AndroidRuntime(883): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2261)
01-16 01:07:35.994: E/AndroidRuntime(883): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:141)
01-16 01:07:35.994: E/AndroidRuntime(883): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.google.cast.samples.tictactoe.GameActivity" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.google.cast.samples.tictactoe-1.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app-lib/com.google.cast.samples.tictactoe-1, /system/lib]]
01-16 01:07:35.994: E/AndroidRuntime(883): at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:53)
Thanks Ali. Here is the manifest, but I see there is a match of class and activity.
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.google.cast.samples.tictactoe"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="9"
android:targetSdkVersion="18" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.wifi"
android:required="true" >
</uses-feature>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/icon"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/Theme.AppCompat" >
<activity
android:name=".GameActivity"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
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>
</application>

Exception states that it didn't find your GameActivity class. Check your Manifest and see if the name given there as the launcher activity (GameActivity) matches with the class that you have in your package, check the package names, etc. The exception has nothing to do (at least the piece that you have shown) with Cast.

Thanks for all the help. I solved by silly configuration. I created a libs folder and copied under GoogleCastSDKAndroid.jar (marked as Private Library). Compiled and it worked perfect!
Now, I just learned the casting function can't work because AVD runs a different IP address (in my case registered a 10.0.2.15) than my wifi segment (192.168.1.x). Therefore, the AVD can't see a chrome device.
I hope this last conclusion helps other people. The first was a mistake of configuration.

ClassNotFoundException in dalvik.system.PathClassLoader

i am running one android application in which i am using ActionBar but from supported library for android 2.2
i have added two external jar file as a support libraries
android-support-v7-appcompact.jar
android-support-v13.jar
but when i run the sample in my device i getting following runtime error
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity
ComponentInfo{com.example.android.navigationdrawerexample/com.example.android.navigationdrawerexample.NavMainActivity}:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
com.example.android.navigationdrawerexample.NavMainActivity in loader
dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/com.example.android.navigationdrawerexample-1.apk]
at
android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2703)
at
android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2797)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:135)
at
android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2132)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) at
android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:143) at
android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4914) at
java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) at
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521) at
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:858)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616) at
dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.example.android.navigationdrawerexample.NavMainActivity in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/com.example.android.navigationdrawerexample-1.apk]
at dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.findClass(PathClassLoader.java:243)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:573)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:532)
at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1033)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2695)
here is the menifest file content
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.android.navigationdrawerexample"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" />
<application
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
>
<activity android:name="NavMainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
order of jar files

You should not only look at errors but also at warnings (orange text color in eclipse logcat view). Dalvik class loading are often preceded by some interesting informations about why a class can't be loaded by the Dalvik, something like a super class not existing.