Crash on startup: "requestFeature() must be called before adding content"

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Android Eclipse App Crashes on Launch

I'm new to developing for Android and I'm having trouble launching my project. Whenever I launch it, it crashes

Here is the output from LogCat:

01-02 17:31:45.803: E/Trace(1788): error opening trace file: No such file or directory (2)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.gonga.ShootingParrots/com.gonga.ShootingParrots.Game}: android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: requestFeature() must be called before adding content
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2180)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2230)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:141)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1234)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5041)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788): Caused by: android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: requestFeature() must be called before adding content
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.requestFeature(PhoneWindow.java:229)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at org.anddev.andengine.util.ActivityUtils.requestFullscreen(ActivityUtils.java:54)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at org.anddev.andengine.ui.activity.BaseGameActivity.applyEngineOptions(BaseGameActivity.java:228)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at org.anddev.andengine.ui.activity.BaseGameActivity.onCreate(BaseGameActivity.java:65)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5104)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1080)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2144)
01-02 17:31:56.222: E/AndroidRuntime(1788):     ... 11 more

Here's my AndroidManifest.xml, if you need it:

<supports-screens android:anyDensity="true" android:largeScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:smallScreens="true"/>

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" android:targetSdkVersion="14"/>

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PHONE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

<application android:icon="@drawable/icone" android:installLocation="auto" android:label="@string/app" android:launchMode="singleInstance">
    <activity android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation" android:name=".Game" android:screenOrientation="portrait" android:theme="@style/Theme.NoBackground">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
        </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    <!-- Amazon Ads -->
    <activity android:name="com.amazon.device.ads.AdActivity" android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"/>

   <!--  Admob Ads -->
    <meta-data
        android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
        android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
      <activity
        android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
        android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize" />
 </application>

Thanks.

`Caused by: android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: requestFeature() must be called before adding content` — A.S., Jan 02 '15 at 18:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 02 '15 at 18:06

The logcat says:

Caused by: android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: requestFeature() must be called before adding content

In other words you are calling requestFeature() after you already called setContentView() in your Activity. But that is not possible. You have to call requestFeature() before calling setContentView(). You haven't posted any code so I can't really give you a more specific answer.

Crash on startup: "requestFeature() must be called before adding content"

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