i got simmilar post but nothing working
i have android studio 2.3.1
gradle version 2.3.1
appcompat-v7:25.3.1
I create a new project by android studio(one that is automatically created by Android Studio(Hello Word)). I haven't write any thing in it.
When i install app using usb via android studio it works perfectly but same app if i open it from it's icon ,i got these errors
One more i noticed that size of apk is 500-600kb ,early it used to be around for hello world(default by android studio) Apk 2.3Mb
FATAL EXCEPTION: main Process: in.codebucket.check, PID: 32397 java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{in.codebucket.check/in.codebucket.check.MainActivity}: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "in.codebucket.check.MainActivity" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/in.codebucket.check-1/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/in.codebucket.check-1/lib/x86, /vendor/lib, /system/lib]] at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2327) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2476) at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(ActivityThread.java) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1344) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "in.codebucket.check.MainActivity" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/in.codebucket.check-1/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/in.codebucket.check-1/lib/x86, /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:1067) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2317) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2476) at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(ActivityThread.java) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1344) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616) Suppressed: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: in.codebucket.check.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) ... 12 more Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Class not found using the boot class loader; no stack trace available
My xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="in.codebucket.check.MainActivity">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hello World!"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
My MainActivity
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}}
my Manifest
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="in.codebucket.check">
<application
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
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>
gradle(Module:App)
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 25
buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "in.codebucket.check"
minSdkVersion 16
targetSdkVersion 25
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'),
'proguard-rules.pro'
}}}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-
core:2.2.2', {
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
})
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}
gradle(Project)
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to
all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.1'
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
}
task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}
Got the solution ,it is happening because of instant run, Just disable it
Goto :
Android Studio --> File --> Setting --> Build, execution, deploy --> Instant run.