Custom global Application class breaks with “android.app.Application cannot be cast to”

Question

I have a custom global class which looks like this

import android.app.Application;

public class MyApp extends Application {

    public String MainAct;

            


        

Answer 1

The error states that the type of the object returned by getApplication is android.app.Application. A possible cause for this is that you failed to define the application in the manifest. Make sure that your manifest includes something in the lines of: