Class not found when Unmarshalling Android Intent Parcelable

android android-intent arraylist unmarshalling parcelable
Kenny picture Kenny · Mar 18, 2014 · Viewed 24.7k times · Source

I have a ArrayList that I am passing between activities. In this ArrayList are objects made from a class that has four variables in it. One of those variables is another ArrayList<object> that is from another class.

I have implemented Parcelable on both and am pretty sure I have completed the parcelable methods properly. Here are the errors:

Errors:

03-18 02:37:27.063: D/dalvikvm(3249): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 82K, 6% free 3020K/3180K, paused 1ms, total 3ms
03-18 02:37:27.093: I/dalvikvm-heap(3249): Grow heap (frag case) to 3.626MB for 635808-byte allocation
03-18 02:37:27.103: D/dalvikvm(3249): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 5K, 5% free 3635K/3804K, paused 10ms, total 10ms
03-18 02:37:27.173: D/(3249): HostConnection::get() New Host Connection established 0xb96396c0, tid 3249
03-18 02:37:27.243: W/EGL_emulation(3249): eglSurfaceAttrib not implemented
03-18 02:37:27.253: D/OpenGLRenderer(3249): Enabling debug mode 0
03-18 02:37:27.293: W/EGL_emulation(3249): eglSurfaceAttrib not implemented
03-18 02:37:32.383: D/dalvikvm(3249): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 238K, 8% free 3911K/4224K, paused 1ms, total 1ms
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249): Class not found when unmarshalling: com.example.Choices
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249): java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.example.Choices
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at java.lang.Class.classForName(Native Method)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:251)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:216)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readParcelableCreator(Parcel.java:2133)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readParcelable(Parcel.java:2097)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readValue(Parcel.java:2013)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readListInternal(Parcel.java:2343)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readArrayList(Parcel.java:1703)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at com.example.midterm.Question.<init>(Question.java:76)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at com.example.midterm.Question$1.createFromParcel(Question.java:98)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at com.example.midterm.Question$1.createFromParcel(Question.java:1)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readParcelable(Parcel.java:2104)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readValue(Parcel.java:2013)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readListInternal(Parcel.java:2343)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readArrayList(Parcel.java:1703)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readValue(Parcel.java:2034)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readArrayMapInternal(Parcel.java:2314)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Bundle.unparcel(Bundle.java:249)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Bundle.getParcelableArrayList(Bundle.java:1250)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at com.example.midterm.TriviaActivity.onCreate(TriviaActivity.java:20)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2159)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2245)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249): Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/example/midterm/Choices
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     ... 34 more
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.example.midterm.Choices" on path: DexPathList[[directory "."],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/system/lib]]
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:497)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:457)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/Parcel(3249):     ... 34 more
03-18 02:37:32.383: D/AndroidRuntime(3249): Shutting down VM
03-18 02:37:32.383: W/dalvikvm(3249): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0xb2cb8b20)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249): Process: com.example.midterm, PID: 3249
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example/com.example.TriviaActivity}: android.os.BadParcelableException: ClassNotFoundException when unmarshalling: com.example.Choices
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2195)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2245)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249): Caused by: android.os.BadParcelableException: ClassNotFoundException when unmarshalling: com.example.midterm.Choices
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readParcelableCreator(Parcel.java:2147)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readParcelable(Parcel.java:2097)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readValue(Parcel.java:2013)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readListInternal(Parcel.java:2343)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readArrayList(Parcel.java:1703)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at com.example.Question.<init>(Question.java:76)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at com.example.midterm.Question$1.createFromParcel(Question.java:98)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at com.example.midterm.Question$1.createFromParcel(Question.java:1)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readParcelable(Parcel.java:2104)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readValue(Parcel.java:2013)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readListInternal(Parcel.java:2343)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readArrayList(Parcel.java:1703)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readValue(Parcel.java:2034)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Parcel.readArrayMapInternal(Parcel.java:2314)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Bundle.unparcel(Bundle.java:249)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.os.Bundle.getParcelableArrayList(Bundle.java:1250)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at com.example.midterm.TriviaActivity.onCreate(TriviaActivity.java:20)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2159)
03-18 02:37:32.383: E/AndroidRuntime(3249):     ... 11 more

As you can see, the first error that comes up is the Class not found when unmarshalling.

Here's my Question class parcelable code: 

/**
 * Constructs a Question from a Parcel
 * @param parcel Source Parcel
 */
public Question (Parcel parcel) {
    this.id = parcel.readString();
    this.text = parcel.readString();
    this.image = parcel.readString();
    this.choices = parcel.readArrayList(null);
}

@Override
public int describeContents() {
    return 0;
}

// Required method to write to Parcel
@Override
public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
    dest.writeString(id);
    dest.writeString(text);
    dest.writeString(image);
    dest.writeList(choices);
}

// Method to recreate a Question from a Parcel
public static Creator<Question> CREATOR = new Creator<Question>() {

    @Override
    public Question createFromParcel(Parcel source) {
        return new Question(source);
    }

    @Override
    public Question[] newArray(int size) {
        return new Question[size];
    }

};

and Choices, my second class that is inserted as an ArrayList object into Question: 

/**
 * Constructs a Choice from a Parcel
 * @param parcel Source Parcel
 */
public Choices (Parcel parcel) {
    this.isCorrect = parcel.readByte() != 0;
    this.choice = parcel.readString();
}

@Override
public int describeContents() {
    return 0;
}

@Override
public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
    dest.writeByte((byte) (isCorrect ? 1 : 0));
    dest.writeString(choice);
}

// Method to recreate a Question from a Parcel
public static Creator<Choices> CREATOR = new Creator<Choices>() {

    @Override
    public Choices createFromParcel(Parcel source) {
        return new Choices(source);
    }

    @Override
    public Choices[] newArray(int size) {
        return new Choices[size];
    }

};

I then use the following code to put an ArrayList<Question> into the intent: 

Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, TriviaActivity.class);
intent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(QUESTION_KEY, questions);
startActivity(intent);

Where questions is the ArrayList. I have no errors in my code and can't figure out where I went wrong. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Answer

k3v1n4ud3 picture k3v1n4ud3 · Mar 18, 2014

You should try replacing this.choices = parcel.readArrayList(null); by this.choices = parcel.readArrayList(Choices.class.getClassLoader());

Hope this helps

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