android.app.Application cannot be cast to android.app.Activity

by

You are passing the Application Context not the Activity Context with 

getApplicationContext();

Wherever you are passing it pass this or ActivityName.this instead.

Since you are trying to cast the Context you pass (Application not Activity as you thought) to an Activity with

(Activity)

you get this exception because you can’t cast the Application to Activity since Application is not a sub-class of Activity.

More Related Contents:

  1. Creating new Android (Java ) file in Existing Android package [closed]
  2. Start another activity with button
  3. How to pass an object from one activity to another on Android
  4. Android – Get real path of a .txt file selected from the file explorer
  5. Finish all previous activities
  6. How do you use Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP to clear the Activity Stack?
  7. How to use interface to communicate between two activities
  8. Prevent Android activity dialog from closing on outside touch
  9. How do you pass a string from one activity to another? [duplicate]
  10. How to set background color of an Activity to white programmatically?
  11. How to start Activity in adapter?
  12. Android Studio cannot resolve symbol but code executes correctly
  13. Android Unable to instantiate activity: Didn’t find class on path
  14. Android Center text on canvas
  15. How can I start a new android activity using class name in a string?
  16. How to resume Android Activity programmatically from background
  17. DeadObjectException on android app
  18. Android Call a method from another class
  19. Android: Unable to find explicit activity class… startActivity from a PreferenceActivity
  20. How to navigate from one screen to another screen
  21. The activity must be exported or contain an intent-filter
  22. Android “single top” launch mode and onNewIntent method
  23. resuming an activity from a notification
  24. What’s the difference between this and Activity.this
  25. Public static variables and Android activity life cycle management
  26. how to programatically theme an activity to be like a dialog?
  27. Android – Dynamically Get the Current Activity in Foreground
  28. IllegalArgumentException: Unknown URL content:// CONTENT
  29. Android: Navigation-Drawer on all activities
  30. Using the camera activity in Android

Leave a Comment