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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.

SupportMapFragment not found

I am trying to get Google Maps Android API v2 working on Android 2.2 on a HTC Desire.
My main.xml contains the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="dk.sw510e13.user"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="16" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<activity
android:name="dk.sw510e13.user.MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
This is my activity.
package dk.sw510e13.user;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;
import android.view.Menu;
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
}
When I run the application, I will get the following exception. It seems that it cannot find SupportMapFragment, however, I believe that I have both the support library and Google Play Services as dependencies. When creating the project in Android Studio I chose to add support for fragments.
01-17 23:52:55.237 2557-2557/dk.sw510e13.user E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{dk.sw510e13.user/dk.sw510e13.user.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #11: Error inflating class fragment
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2787)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2803)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2136)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:144)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4937)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:858)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #11: Error inflating class fragment
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:582)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:618)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:407)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:276)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:207)
at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1654)
at dk.sw510e13.user.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:13)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1069)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2751)
... 11 more
Caused by: android.support.v4.app.Fragment$InstantiationException: Unable to instantiate fragment com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment: make sure class name exists, is public, and has an empty constructor that is public
at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.instantiate(Fragment.java:409)
at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.instantiate(Fragment.java:377)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onCreateView(FragmentActivity.java:277)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:558)
... 20 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/dk.sw510e13.user-2.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.support.v4.app.Fragment.instantiate(Fragment.java:399)
... 23 more
This is what I have in my dependencies.
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
UPDATE
This is my manifest.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="dk.sw510e13.user"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="16" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/>
<!-- The following two permissions are not required to use Google Maps Android API v2, but are recommended. -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" android:required="true"/>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<activity
android:name="dk.sw510e13.user.MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
android:value="XXXXXX"/>
</application>
</manifest>

This is the problem that seems to be occurred when missing Google Play services.
I request you to please follow the steps mentioned below to get the Google Play services to be included in your application.
copying the google-play-services.jar in libs folder and set in the build path of eclipse is a wrong method.
import Google Play services in your project and add it in workspace.
from location of your SDK folder.
\extras\google\google_play_services\libproject\google-play-services_lib
2! Now you added Google Play Services to your work space, we have to create a reference
from our project to this library. Right-Click your project and choose “Properties” go
to the Android section, in the lower part press the “Add…” button and add a reference
to that library. Your result should be as in the screen shot bellow:
adding Google Play services library
Please Add
<permission
android:name="com.anchit.locationapi.maps.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
android:protectionLevel="signature" />
in your manifest

The application has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. Error

I get the following error from the emulator in Eclipse when I run an Android application...
"The application has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again"
There are no error icons appearing in the project folder in Eclipse. I have already tried...
Cleaning the Project
Android Tools > Fix Project Properties
Updating the Build Path
My Error Log is saying...
"java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo..."
The Error Log goes onto say...
"Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException..."
Just to note that I do not have a "Build.xml" file in my project folder but instead a "apktool.yml" if this makes any difference.
Any suggestions??
EDIT:
Here's the manifest file...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest android:versionCode="61" android:versionName="1.2.2" package="com.__.__"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<application android:label="#string/app_name" android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher">
<activity android:label="#string/app_name" android:name=".MTActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:label="#string/app_name" android:name=".RCActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
...
Errors generated LogCat...
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{com.ir.mtools/com.ir.mtools.MTActivity}: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
com.irtza.pulmtools.MTActivity in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/com.ir.mtools-1.apk]
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1573)
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1667)
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117)
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:935)
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3687)
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:867)
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:625)
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(6220): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.ir.mtools.MTActivity in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/com.ir.mtools-1.apk]

Whenever this happens it means your application has encountered a runtime exception, which means no errors will show up at compile time. In this case I'm guessing you have not declared the activity in the AndroidManifest.xml file, but without seeing more code that's only a guess.

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.ir.mtools.MTActivity
Is com.ir.mtools.MTActivity this part of some library? if so have you included it in your build path ?

PhoneGap APK runs fine but crashes on each run after Google Play deployment

I have built an application for a large multicultural festival in my city that kicks off on Saturday. I've tweaked a lot of bugs in the iPhone version and we are waiting for Apple to approve it. I have taken that perfected version as the basis for the Android version.
The Android version looks and works great. I can run it on my Samsung Galaxy S II by either "Run as Android Application" in Eclipse or by uploading it to a server and downloading it into the phone. I can also email the app to myself and it works, too. I submitted it to the Google Play store and once it got into the wild (this is advertised on billboards, buses, everywhere) it crashes the minute it is opened.
I'm not really sure how to troubleshoot this when it works fine on the device before publication. I read about how it has to do with the MainActivity activity name, but everything looks like it lines up.
Error 1 [ClassNotFoundException in PathClassLoader.findClass()]:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity
ComponentInfo{com.honestapi.folk2011/com.honestapi.folk2011.Folklorama}:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.honestapi.folk2011.Folklorama in loader
dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/com.honestapi.folk2011-1.apk]
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1660)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1752)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:123)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:993)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:126)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3997)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:841)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:599)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.honestapi.folk2011.Folklorama in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/com.honestapi.folk2011-1.apk]
at dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.findClass(PathClassLoader.java:251)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:548)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:508)
at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1022)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1651)
Error 2 [ClassNotFoundException in BaseDexClassLoader.findClass()]:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity
ComponentInfo{com.honestapi.folk2011/com.honestapi.folk2011.Folklorama}:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.honestapi.folk2011.Folklorama
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1894)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1995)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:128)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1161)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4514)
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:980)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:747)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.honestapi.folk2011.Folklorama
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.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1027)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1885)
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I am in quite the pickle.
Edit - Here is the AndroidManifest.xml from the bin folder
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="15" />
<supports-screens android:largeScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:smallScreens="true" android:resizeable="false" android:anyDensity="true" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_STICKY" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<application android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="#string/app_name" android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity" android:label="#string/title_activity_main">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name="com.google.zxing.client.android.CaptureActivity" android:screenOrientation="landscape" android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden" android:theme="#android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.phonegap.plugins.barcodescanner.SCAN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name="com.google.zxing.client.android.encode.EncodeActivity" android:label="#string/share_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.phonegap.plugins.barcodescanner.ENCODE"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>

It turned out my main Java file was named "MainActivity.java" but it was being called as "Folklorama.java" throughout the project files. I renamed the file to Folklorama.java.

Explanation for random ClassNotFoundExceptions?

I have an app with ~11k active installs for which I sometimes receive ClassNotFoundExceptions that I can't explain. They look like this:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{name.of.my.MainActivityClass}: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: name.of.my.MainActivityClass in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/mnt/asec/name.of.my-2/pkg.apk]
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1743)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1851)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:132)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1038)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:150)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4293)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:849)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:607)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: name.of.my.MainActivityClass in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/mnt/asec/name.of.my-2/pkg.apk]
at dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.findClass(PathClassLoader.java:240)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:551)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:511)
at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1040)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1735)
... 11 more
I received some of these exceptions from users that updated my app (not only for the most recent version), so I think it is not a problem that is specific to some phones as the app worked for them before.
I got these exception reports for my main activity class, a receiver class and a BackupAgent class.
All of those classes are always instantiated directly from Android. My Manifest file looks like this:
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="name.of.my"
android:versionCode="20"
android:versionName="1.10.2"
android:installLocation="auto">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" android:targetSdkVersion="8" />
<application android:icon="#drawable/icon" android:label="#string/app_name" android:backupAgent="name.of.my.OwnBackupAgent">
<activity android:name="name.of.my.MainActivityClass"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/MyTheme">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<receiver android:name="name.of.my.OwnReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.media.RINGER_MODE_CHANGED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>
After searching the net for some hours, the most likely explanations I found are:
it might be related to moving the app to SD card while there are still some services running (but the android dev guide says that all services are canceled in this case, and it doesn't explain why my main activity class suddenly can't be found anymore)
the .apk might be corrupted after updating via the android market. Could this be true? If yes, what can I do against it - if not, what else might be the problem?