Question

I am just starting android development so please bear with me.

My issue is that when I run my app in the emulator, after my splash screen, the next screen that pops up is from a completely different app than the one I am working in. Both screens conflicting are named the same (main.xml) so that may have something to do with it but they are in completely different folders and workspaces. I have been trying to experiment with my code to stop the screen after my splash screen from showing up completely so I could have a better idea of where the problem is occurring but have been unsuccessful.

Does anyone have any idea what might be going wrong or where I should at least start to look to solve this problem?

files in eclipse: https://i.stack.imgur.com/wAKG1.jpg

Main Activity class:

package com.mwmnj.criticmatch;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class CriticMatchActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);    
    }
}

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" android:padding="20dp"
    android:weightSum="1">
    <TextView android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
        android:id="@+id/textView1" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Hello!"
        android:layout_gravity="center" />
    <TextView android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
        android:id="@+id/textView2" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="criticmatch">android:layout_gravity="center"></TextView>
    <Button android:text="Proceed" android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_marginTop="50dp" />
</LinearLayout>

Splash class:

package com.mwmnj.criticmatch;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class Splash extends Activity{
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.splash);
        Thread timer = new Thread(){
            public void run(){
                try{
                    sleep(5000);
                } catch (InterruptedException e){
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }finally{
                    Intent openStartingPoint = new Intent("matt.meyer.criticmatch.MENU");
                    startActivity(openStartingPoint);
                }
            }
        };
        timer.start();
    }
}

splash.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:orientation="vertical"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:background="@drawable/crbackground"
  >


</LinearLayout>

androidmanifest.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.mwmnj.criticmatch"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0">
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />

    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">

        <activity android:name=".Splash"
                  android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <activity android:name=".CriticMatchActivity"
                  android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.mwmnj.criticmatch.CRITICMATCHACTIVITY"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

    </application>
</manifest>

Answer 1

Your problem is here:

Intent openStartingPoint = new Intent("matt.meyer.criticmatch.MENU");
startActivity(openStartingPoint);

That’s pointing to some other app, as far as I can tell. Try this:

Intent openStartingPoint = new Intent(Splash.this, CriticMatchActivity.class);
startActivity(openStartingPoint);

Using the action name should work, too, as long as it matches the name in the AndroidManifest.xml:

Intent openStartingPoint = new Intent("com.mwmnj.criticmatch.CRITICMATCHACTIVITY");