Question

I’m having troubles extending the Application class to declare global variables. I have extended the Application class as folows:

public class RunKeeper extends Application{     
private String filename = getResources().getString(R.string.filename);  
private Runner runner;      
public RunKeeper(){ } 
}

The class above is in the com.tmeersschaert.android.runkeeper.domain package. I have edited the application manifest as (I think) it should be:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.tmeersschaert.android.runkeeper"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0">
    <application android:name=".domain.RunKeeper" android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name"></application>
</manifest>

The problem is that I keep getting a “Source not found”, NullPointer exception during the LoadedApk.makeApplication() method.

Any thoughts on how to solve this?

Answer 1

I think you should put the line

filename = getResources().getString(R.string.filename);

in your constructor.

Have you also tried to use the whole package name:

<application android:name="com.tmeersschaert.android.runkeeper.domain.RunKeeper" android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name"></application>