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Android Build a Simple Android App (retired 2014) Pretty Little Things Adding an Image

Natansh Pandya
Natansh Pandya
2,810 Points
Posted by Natansh Pandya
Natansh Pandya
2,810 Points

unfortunately crystal ball has stopped.

After adding the image. it says unfortunately crystal ball has stopped. when we try to run.

3 Answers

Nick Edwards
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Nick Edwards
Courses Plus Student 15,766 Points
Nick Edwards
Nick Edwards
Courses Plus Student 15,766 Points

Hi Natansh,

Could you post the contents from your MainActivity.java, activity_main.xml and the LogCat error log? (At the bottom there should be a tab which says LogCat).

Don't forget to use Markdown below to format your code so it's easier for us to read :)

gary franklin
gary franklin
12,309 Points
gary franklin
gary franklin
12,309 Points

06-19 15:30:26.194: D/AndroidRuntime(1438): Shutting down VM 06-19 15:30:26.194: W/dalvikvm(1438): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0xb1a27ba8) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): Process: com.example.crystalball, PID: 1438 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.crystalball/com.example.crystalball.MainActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity. 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2195) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2245) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity. 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegate.onCreate(ActionBarActivityDelegate.java:108) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegateICS.onCreate(ActionBarActivityDelegateICS.java:57) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity.onCreate(ActionBarActivity.java:98) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at com.example.crystalball.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:16) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2159) 06-19 15:30:26.224: E/AndroidRuntime(1438): ... 11 more 06-19 15:30:35.444: I/Process(1438): Sending signal. PID: 1438 SIG: 9

gary franklin
gary franklin
12,309 Points
gary franklin
gary franklin
12,309 Points

I get the same error above is the log I get