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I cannot instantiate a sub activity. In the logcat I see this line:

01-22 15:14:38.906: DEBUG/dalvikvm(411): newInstance failed: no ()

This is the line in dalvik that generates that logcat.

/*

* public T newInstance() throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException

*

* Create a new instance of this class.

*/

static void Dalvik_java_lang_Class_newInstance(const u4* args, JValue* pResult)

...

/* find the "nullary" constructor */

init = dvmFindDirectMethodByDescriptor(clazz, "", "()V");

if (init == NULL) {

/* common cause: secret "this" arg on non-static inner class ctor */

LOGD("newInstance failed: no ()\n");

dvmThrowExceptionWithClassMessage("Ljava/lang/InstantiationException;",

clazz->descriptor);

RETURN_VOID();

}

Here is the action I take to activate the activity in a timer handler.

// move on to Activation

// ePNSplash is this activity a splash screen

Intent i = new Intent (ePNSplash.this, Activation.class);

startActivity (i);

The activity that I am trying to start is 2 extensions above Activity

Here is the first extension

public abstract class AndroidScreen extends Activity {

....

public AndroidScreen (String title, AndroidScreen parent, AndroidScreen main)

{

super ();

myGlobals = Globals.getGlobals ();

myGlobals.myLogger.logString("AndroidScreen: 001");

myParent = parent;

myMainScreen = main;

myTitle = title;

}

This is only the constructor, which seems to be the part that has the problem. Here is the 2nd extension and the class i am trying to instantiate.

public class Activation extends AndroidScreen {

public Activation (String title, AndroidScreen parent, AndroidScreen main)

{

super (title, parent, main);

}

I am absolutely confused, I have a constructor, I make sure I call my super constructors, what could possibly be wrong?

Thank you

Julian