What are you mean? You mean modify android.jar when you install your application??
On Oct 27, 12:10 pm, Raman <raman86...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks a lot for that input. But, there has to be a solution for it. > Otherwise, its not correct to call Android open source if they do not > allow me to add my own classes by extending the existing ones. > > As far as I know, there is no such behaviour in normal Java > Applications when run on a Sun JVM. > Is this a special behaviour exhibited by Dalvik VM. > What is the possible workaround for this problem. > > On Oct 27, 1:48 am, fadden <fad...@android.com> wrote: > > > On Oct 25, 11:16 pm, Raman <raman86...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am trying to extend a class in android.widget, specifically > > > AbsSpinner class for some change in behaviour. For that I need to > > > access some protected members of the Classes up in the hierarchy, so I > > > decided to put my new class in the same package android.widget > > > It compiles fine in Eclipse but when I run it, it gives me > > > java.lang.VerifyError. > > > You can view the failure details with "adb logcat". > > > You cannot access protected members in this way, because your class is > > being loaded by a different class loader. The package has the same > > name, so the compiler is happy, but at runtime it's not considered to > > be part of the same package. > > > In a future release of the VM this will cause an IllegalAccessError at > > runtime rather than a VerifyError at startup. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
