I am trying to set a breakpoint inside an Activity class: public class MainActivity

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Asked: May 20, 20262026-05-20T09:55:00+00:00 2026-05-20T09:55:00+00:00

I am trying to set a breakpoint inside an Activity class: public class MainActivity

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I am trying to set a breakpoint inside an Activity class:

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    private EditText htmlContent = null;
    private Button getBtn = null;

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);  // <<<< this is where I set a breakpoint

        htmlContent = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.htmlContent);
        getBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.get);
        // anonymous inner class implementing OnClickListener
        getBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                // fill htmlContent using HTTP GET
                try {
                  final TestHttpGet thgObj = new TestHttpGet();
                  thgObj.executeHttpGet();
                }
                catch (Exception e){
                    // do something meaningful here
                }
            }});

        // start some activity here?
        getBtn.setEnabled(true);
    }
}

Now, the funny thing is that this program runs and I can even see its layout screen in the emulator, but when I click the getBtn nothing happens, and so I tried to set a breakpoint inside to see why.

The amazing thing is… No breakpoint is ever reached – even if I set it on the first statement in OnCreate(). How is this possible???