Start Another Activity from onCreate() in MainActvity?

Question

The problem I am having is that the onCreate() method within my MainActivity cannot seem to start another activity.

I have code working so that when I click a button

Answer 1

Your AboutActivity class...

public class AboutActivity extends MainActivity {

Please change it to:

public class AboutActivity extends Activity {

and as others noted, when constructing your intent, use this, or MainActivity.this.