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So I updated my SDK and ADT to version 17 and once again I got a big problem :)

Every project I have which use JAR libraries could still be built without problems but as soon as they start on the phone, they crashed with the following error :

03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.acra.ACRA
03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): at com.foxykeep.myproject.HomeActivity.onCreate(MyProjectApplication.java:127)
03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:969)
03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:3925)
03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1300(ActivityThread.java:122)
03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1184)
03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4340)
03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784)
03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551)
03-21 19:20:56.455: E/AndroidRuntime(24471): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

I asked Xavier Ducrohet and Tor Norbye (both working on the ADT plugin) on Google+ about the error and they linked to this page which explains how to solve the problem but is not ultra clear (at least for me).

So here is the same solution but explained with screenshots so we can see more easily what changed  :

From left to right, we have :

  • My project with ADT 16 (the small graphic changes are due to the fact the left image is from Eclipse Windows while the 2 on the right are from Eclipse Mac)
  • My project with ADT 17 before the fix
  • My project with ADT 17 after the fix

We can see :


  • In blue, the changes due to the patch (more info on this at the end of this post)
  • In red, the changes for the fix


What I did to fix the bug was :

  • Remove the libraries from the standard Java build path :
  • Right click on the project name > Properties > Java Build Path > tab Libraries > remove everything except the “Android X.X” (2.3.3 in my case) and the “Android Dependencies”
  • Rename the libraries folder from “lib” to “libs”
  • By doing that, all the libraries in the folder “libs” are found by the Android plugin and are added to the “Android Dependencies” item of the project
  • Clean the project (not exactly needed)
  • You are good to go !

This problem is due to the fact that libraries are not managed the same way with the new ADT build.
Instead of having 2 different managements of libraries (one for Android Library Projects, one for the standard jars), now both are merged into the Android Dependencies item.

Other info, the annotations.jar file is for the new lint Java annotations (more info here : http://tools.android.com/recent/ignoringlintwarnings)
Besides this small problem, the ADT version 17 looks really good and I love the new things added to the lint checks !!

[Update]

The DroidUX Team found another solution to fix the problem. I didn’t test it personally but it don’t see why it shouldn’t work : 

Hi,

Just to add to the solution:

If you have references to jars that are not in the ‘libs’ folder, for example if you use ‘classpath variable’, you can resolve the NoClassDefFoundError

To export the references: simply go to “Properties > Java Build Path > Order and Export”, and check all the references you want exported.

Cheers,

DroidUX Team

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