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MainActivity is not an enclosing class, "this" makes a constructor error

I'm new to android studio and i have a problem when I'm trying to jump to a new activity, so when the line is:
public class signup_activity extends AppCompatActivity {
ImageButton logupButton;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_signup_activity);
logupButton = findViewById(R.id.signuparrow);
logupButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, signup_activity.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
}}
I get the error:
'com.example.myapplication.MainActivity' is not an enclosing class
and i so a couple of of people advising to chane the intent to this instead of MainActivity.this
but when im changing to this i get the error:
Cannot resolve constructor 'intent'

Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, signup_activity.class);
Several things:
First, the first param of Intent() constructor is a context. Since you are on signup_activity you need to do signup_activity.this to use it as a context.
I'd assume you want to go to MainActivity, so your second param should be MainActivity.class. It seems you got the order altered there.

you are in signup_activity and when use Intent in fisrt part you should call the current contex to jump to other activity.
so you should replace
Intent intent = new Intent(signup_activity.this, MainActivity.class);
if you want to jump to signup_activity you can call intent from MainActivity.

android get activity context in abstract base class

I am creating an abstract base class to keep my navigation drawer code in one place and want to implement an onClickListener on my app title (defined in the toolbar) to start my launch activity
I am using the following code :
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
switch (view.getId()){
case R.id.toolbar_title:
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
return;
}
}
The app works properly, but I read somewhere that one must not use the Application context to start new activities. However, android studio doesn't let me use any other context apart from getApplicationContext and getBaseContext, maybe because this class is abstract.
Which context should I use then?

Have a look at Context.getApplicationContext() and ContextWrapper.getBaseContext(). Both have in common to be defined on a context instance. In your case it's even an Activity.
So you could even use this as a context to start your MainActivity. This is even better, because with any other context type you' have to include the flag FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK to start a new activity.
If you get errors by using this for a context, it's because you define your OnClickListener as anonymous inner class which of course isn't a context. For that you'd have to write MyBaseActivity.this instead. This references the outer class instance.

Well, one of the ways can be: You can define an abstract method in your BaseActivity class:
abstract void launchMainActivity();
And call this method in your click listener:
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
switch (view.getId()){
case R.id.toolbar_title:
launchMainActivity();
return;
}
}
The sub-classes can then implement this method as:
#Override
void launchMainActivity() {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
}

Call Public void

I have a public void in one class and I want to call it in another class when it creates but nothing seems to be working. here is the code of my first activity
public class activityone extends Activity {
public void actionC() {
//actions
}
Does anyone know how to call it in my second class?

In general, you need to have an instance of your activityone class in order to call an instance method.
To create an instance, you generally use a constructor like:
activityone a = new activityone();
a.actionC();
I'm not sure this is what you want though, because Activitys are generally created by the Android system itself and you should handle the onCreate method instead.

Here is what you can do:
public class activityone extends Activity {
/*public void actionC() {*/ //Instead on normal method, write your actions in onCreate()
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//actions
}
and in your second activity, do this:
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),activityone.class);
startActivity(intent);
Hope it helps !!!

How to call An activity class from nonactivityclass (class without extends anything) in android?

I want call an activity class from a normal java class(without extends anything) for every some time interval to refresh the Ui, Is it possible to call an activity from normal java class. We can call the activity from another activity using intent and startactivity. But am not sure about calling the activity from class.
For example
class example extends Activity
{
}
class example2 extends Activity
{
// we can call like
Intent intent = new Intent(this.example2,example.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
class test
{
// How can i call example or example2 from here.
}
Thanks,
Lakshmanan

You could provide a parameter consisting of the context of your Activity that has been creating the Object. Then you can use the Context's methods just like within an Activity.
i.g.
public class Foo {
private Context context;
public Foo(Context context) {
this.context = context;
}
public void startActivity() {
context.startActivity(/*your intent here*/);
}
}

Intent intent12 = new Intent(context.getApplicationContext(), ImageClick.class);
context.startActivity(intent12);
It works. I've tried.

I use this to view you tube videos from a non activity class -
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,Uri.parse(url));
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); // important step
context.startActivity(intent);
Hope this helps you.
Salil.

New Activity nullpointerexception

I have a beginners problem. Here is my situation:
I want to start a new activity from the main activity. The code to launch the new activity is found in a separate class file. I seem to be passing the wrong arguments and I am ending up in a nullpointerexception when trying to launch the new activity. The new activity launches fine when I place the code in the main activity class file, therefore the second activity and the manifest are fine. Here is a sample of my code:
In my main activity class where I instanciate the second class (THIS IS MY MAIN ACTIVITY. I OMITTED THE REST BECAUSE I DO NOT THINK IT IS RELATED TO THE PROBLEM):
Tester mytest = new Tester();
mytest.test(this);
In my second class file (THIS IS NOT AN ACTIVITY; IT IS A CLASS THAT IS INSTANTIATED IN THE ACTIVITY):
public class Tester extends Activity {
Intent myIntent;
public void test (Context context) {
myIntent = new Intent (Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
myIntent.setClass(context, newActivity.class);
thebutton.setOnClickListener(
new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
startActivity(myIntent);
}
}
):}
When I perform the click I receive a nullpointerexception at startactivity. Can anyone enlighten me on this please?I am sure that I am wrongly using the context.

Activities are started with Intents. Please read the Android Application Fundamentals first and try the Hello World app :)
I understood that you will use your separate Tester class at all cost ;) so I'm trying to adapt and help you out there.
First of all, don't let your class inherit from Activity. This won't help you, cause this calls will probably not have any valid context. Activity somehow implements the template pattern, providing you key method like onCreate(...), onPause(...) etc and is instantiated by the Android OS.
If you still want to use the class, you have to pass in the context. Probably you're aiming for some MVC/MVP pattern structure, anyway.
public class Tester {
private Context context;
public Tester(Context context){
this.context = context;
}
public void test () {
final Intent myIntent = new Intent(context, NewActivity.class);
//guess this comes from somewhere, hope through a findViewById method
thebutton.setOnClickListener(
new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
context.startActivity(myIntent);
}
}
)};
}
}
This would be a proposed solution from my side. A problem I still see here is on how you retrieve the button in that test() method. In order to have that work properly you have to retrieve it from some View class (with view.findViewByid(R.id.myButton)) or to create it dynamically and associate it with the view during the onCreate(...) of your Activity (probably using an Inflater).