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Android Build a Self-Destructing Message Android App Adding Users Using Parse.com Creating a New User on Parse

Will Schwarz
Will Schwarz
2,795 Points
Posted by Will Schwarz
Will Schwarz
2,795 Points

Register ParseObject before instantiating it

I'm getting this error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: You must register this ParseObject subclass before instantiating it.

with code

else {
  ParseUser newUser = new ParseUser();
  newUser.setUsername(username);
  newUser.setPassword(password);
  newUser.setEmail(email);
  newUser.signUpInBackground(new SignUpCallback() {

logcat says the error is on the ParseUser new User line but my imports are as follows

import com.parse.ParseException;
import com.parse.ParseUser;
import com.parse.SignUpCallback;

I have no idea what I did wrong, I thought I followed the tutorial exactly.

2 Answers

Rahsan Boykin
Rahsan Boykin
2,067 Points
Rahsan Boykin
Rahsan Boykin
2,067 Points

this might be too late but you must register the application class (with the initialization code) into the manifest file.

As an application NOT activity.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25026185/how-to-know-when-parse-initialize-has-already-been-called

Piara Sandhu
Piara Sandhu
4,626 Points
Piara Sandhu
Piara Sandhu
4,626 Points

This totally worked!

Michael Dvorscak
Michael Dvorscak
7,003 Points
Michael Dvorscak
Michael Dvorscak
7,003 Points

Sorry, I'm a little late in the response (but I had the same issue).

What caused it for me: playing around with git. I tried doing something experimental, then I rolled back, but it was too far!

How I fixed it:

public class RibbitApplication extends Application {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(){
        super.onCreate();
        // Enable Local Datastore.
        Parse.enableLocalDatastore(this);
        //This is what Parse was complaining about
        Parse.initialize(this, "eCRiFz7HFXwf1Z7ehwaw0x8VkYrAwZvCEfl3N5v5", "UYtdHfYM4C7Td5m0bqwvmIRCjcTOIHPmcCn4DrdW");
    }
}

But more importantly! You need to also update your manifest like Rashan said.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
        android:name=".RibbitApplication">
<!-- name attribute is the important one (just above this line) -->
<!-- rest of the manifest as normal -->
Farouk Charkas
Farouk Charkas
1,957 Points
Farouk Charkas
Farouk Charkas
1,957 Points

The adding the Java Class as Application worked for me