Unfortunately app has stopped in Android Emulator

Question

I am new to Android and I am trying a few small apps (like Compass). When I run the app in the emulator, it gives the message Unfortunately, Compass has Stopped.

Answer 1

First check your AndroidManifest.xml file and write activity tag

For example, you have DisplayMessageActivity.class and package is me.user_interface

tag is:

<activity android:name="me.user_interface.DisplayMessageActivity"/>

You can write this after </activity> tag in AndroidManifest.xml file. Check the path carefully.

Answer 2

I had the same error message and found that, in commenting out uses-permission nodes in AndroidManifest.xml I had commented out one that was needed. When I put it back in the app ran fine. I was able to reproduce the error. I needed:

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

This was for a barebones index.html, single page app, that displays Hello World. And the permission above was the only one I needed to do Run As/ Android Application and get it to run in an emulator.

HTH

Answer 3

You have posted no code so it's difficult to see what your problem is. However I had the same issue which has been sorted out here Unfortunately HelloListView has stopped

Answer 4

It probably due to the fact that you don't have accelerometer and magnetic field support. Go to your AVD configuration and add the following hardware: Magnetic Field Support and accelerometer