Hi, The first thing you need to do is to look at the logs. Open up a shell to the sdk and fire up: adb logcat. This will show you the actual stacktrace that's coming up and you should be able to figure out the issue from there.
Regards, Steve On Nov 2, 9:32 pm, illiniwatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, folks: > > I am really confused about Android at this point. I'm writing a very > simple application called "Counter" (a starting point) that uses a > drawabl PNG image and no matter what I do, when I run it in the > emulator, I get this annoying message: > > "Sorry! The application Counter (process mine.counter) has > stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. [Force close buttton]" > > All I want my application to do is to display a Drawable called > "n0.png" which I have defined to my "rsc\drawable" folder. > > I've looked at other sample applications, including the ones in the > SDK and tried emulating the coding, without success. I'm very > confused about how the Java, XML, and other files interact. I just > don't see why the program is freezing when I've practically followed > the structure of other applications to the letter. > > Below, I've replicated the code. Thanks for any help you can provide. > > Charles > > *************** > > FILE STRUCTURE > > Counter > res > drawable > n0.png > layout > bkcounter.xml > main.xml > values > colors.xml > strings.xml > src > mine > counter > Counter.java > CounterView.java > R.java > > In BKCOUNTER.XML: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <!-- Demonstrates using a relative layout to create a form --> > <FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > android" > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > android:padding="10px" > android:background="@color/blueback"> > > <!-- My connection to the view; THIS TIES IN ANDROID CLASSES (!) --> > <!-- "id" value will show up when using auto-complete --> > > <mine.counter.CounterView > android:id="@+id/cview" > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="fill_parent" /> > > <ImageView android:id="@+id/firstdigit" > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > android:layout_width="fill_parent"></ImageView> > > </FrameLayout> > > In MAIN.XML: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > android" > android:orientation="vertical" > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > > > <TextView > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:text="@string/hello" > /> > </LinearLayout> > > In COLORS.XML: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <resources> > <color name="blueback">#0071BC</color> > </resources> > > In STRINGS.XML: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <resources> > <string name="hello">Hello World, Counter</string> > <string name="app_name">Counter</string> > </resources> > > In COUNTER.JAVA: > > package mine.counter; > > import android.app.Activity; > import android.content.DialogInterface; > import android.content.DialogInterface.OnClickListener; > import android.os.Bundle; > import android.view.Window; > import android.widget.ImageView; > import android.widget.TextView; > > public class Counter extends Activity { > > // MY CLASSES > private CounterView myCounterView; > > // MY ELEMENTS > > /** Called when the activity is first created. */ > @Override > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > > setContentView(R.layout.bkcounter); // this should always > come first > myCounterView = (CounterView) findViewById(R.id.cview); > > } > > } > > In COUNTERVIEW.JAVA: > > package mine.counter; > > import android.content.Context; > import android.view.View; > import android.graphics.Canvas; > import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable; > > public class CounterView extends View { > > private Drawable imgDigit0; > > // CONSTRUCTOR FOR THIS CLASS - "NEW" INSTANCE > > public CounterView(Context ctx) { > super(ctx); > > // Set up all images > imgDigit0 = ctx.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.n0); > > // Turn on focus > setFocusable(true); > > } > > @Override > protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) { > super.onDraw(canvas); > > imgDigit0.draw(canvas); > > } > > } > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
