Unable to instantiate application – Unable to get package information… here is a solution to the problem.
Unable to instantiate application – Unable to get package information
I
unexpectedly receive the following error when I try to run my application, and I can’t instantiate my application. I’ve included the log cat below. I feel that the package name does not match the package name, so it may be a bug.
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate application com.dooba.beta.IntegratingFacebookTutorialApplication: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to get package info for com.dooba.beta; is package not installed?
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:509)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4417)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1300(ActivityThread.java:141)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1316)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5103)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:737)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to get package info for com.dooba.beta; is package not installed?
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at android.app.LoadedApk.initializeJavaContextClassLoader(LoadedApk.java:369)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at android.app.LoadedApk.getClassLoader(LoadedApk.java:322)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:501)
10-06 05:44:38.913: E/AndroidRuntime(2056): ... 11 more
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.dooba.beta"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-permission android:name="com.dooba.beta.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<!-- for card.io card scanning -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" android:required="false" />
<!-- for most things, including card.io & PayPal -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>
<!--
IMPORTANT: Change "com.parse.starter.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" in the lines below
to match your app's package name + ".permission. C2D_MESSAGE".
-->
<permission android:protectionLevel="signature"
android:name="com.dooba.beta.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.dooba.beta.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="14"
android:targetSdkVersion="19" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<application
android:name="com.dooba.beta.IntegratingFacebookTutorialApplication"
android:allowBackup="true"
android:largeHeap = "true"
android:icon="@drawable/logo3"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.dooba.beta.LoginActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:launchMode="singleTop"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.NoActionBar" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.dooba.beta.UserDetailsActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:theme="@style/CustomActionBarTheme">
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Solution
Simply uninstall the application and then run it again, which happens when dalvik reinstalls the .apk file and tries to reuse the previous activity in the same package