Android Initial error in Emulator on Application Start

Question

I am faced with this weird error. Whenever I start my application on my emulator, I get a message in the Emulator saying that Unfortunately,Search has stopped.

My LogCat also shows some error but after a few seconds, the application runs properly without any hassles.

But, every time I upload and install the application on the emulator I get this error.

I realise that it does not cause any trouble to the application as after the initial error, everything runs fine but still I would very much like to know the cause of such an error.

Here is what my LogCat displays.

07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate application android.app.Application: java.lang.NullPointerException
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at   android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:482)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at   android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:3938)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1300(ActivityThread.java:123)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1185)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4424)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at android.app.LoadedApk.initializeJavaContextClassLoader(LoadedApk.java:362)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at android.app.LoadedApk.getClassLoader(LoadedApk.java:305)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:474)
07-08 13:47:38.262: E/AndroidRuntime(1931):     ... 11 more

Any idea what might be the cause ?

Yes, I did. I tried out in different systems on different emulators. But all of them were Android 4.0.3. Is my problem something specific to it ? — Swayam, Jul 08 '12 at 08:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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Make sure you correctly declared the android:name attribute of your application tag in the AndroidManifest.xml file.
See this answer here for an explanation on the Unable to instantiate application android.app.Application logcat error.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Jul 08 '12 at 08:38

Alex Lockwood

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Yeah the name attribute of the application tag points to the activity which gets called when the application is started. – Swayam Jul 08 '12 at 12:58
Anyway, read the explanation in the link you provided in your answer. I am able to identify the cause of the problem now. Thanks. – Swayam Jul 08 '12 at 12:59
yup, glad you got it sorted out :) – Alex Lockwood Jul 08 '12 at 14:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 15 '12 at 13:18

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Make an entry in androidManifest.xml with the application name

<application
        android:name=<name of the class that extends Application>
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >

edited Jul 15 '12 at 13:18

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answered Jul 08 '12 at 08:48

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Android Initial error in Emulator on Application Start

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