Have you looked at the logcat info to get information about the crash? You can usually get filename and line number of where the problem is...
On Jan 13, 2010 10:10 AM, "portablejim" <[email protected]> wrote: I am trying to open another view from the options menu of my program. My options_menu.xml: <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";> <item android:id="@+id/settings_button" android:title="Settings" android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_preferences" /> <item android:id="@+id/about_button" android:title="About" android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_myplaces" /> </menu> My mnfsms.java package com.example.mnfsms; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuInflater; import android.view.MenuItem; public class mnfsms extends Activity { /** Called when the activity is first created. */ @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); /* OnClickListener myocl = new View.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View v){ Intent myi = new Intent(mnfsms.this, mnfsms_settings.class); startActivity(myi); } };*/ } public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater(); inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu); MenuItem mi_settings = (MenuItem)findViewById (R.id.settings_button); mi_settings.setIntent(new Intent(this, mnfsms_settings.class)); return true; } } mnfsms_settings (another activity) is what I am trying to open. Whether the Intent is in the onCreateOptionsMenu or onCreate functions, the application still crashes when it sets the intent to the item. What I have used to try to help me: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/intents/intents-filters.html http://developer.android.com/resources/faq/commontasks.html#opennewscreen http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/menus.html http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html http://learnandroid.blogspot.com/2008/01/opening-new-screen-in-android.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]<android-beginners%[email protected]> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
