Android plugin returns error "Class not found"

[robations]

Hi, thanks for the plugin - works in iOS as expected.

On Android I get an error returned in appinfo.js, Class not found.

Cordova version 3.5.0 Android version 4.4.3

Using adb logcat I get this exception trace:

W/System.err(19512): java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.yezhiming.cordova.AppInfo
W/System.err(19512):    at java.lang.Class.classForName(Native Method)
W/System.err(19512):    at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:251)
W/System.err(19512):    at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:216)
W/System.err(19512):    at org.apache.cordova.PluginEntry.getClassByName(PluginEntry.java:117)
W/System.err(19512):    at org.apache.cordova.PluginEntry.createPlugin(PluginEntry.java:93)
W/System.err(19512):    at org.apache.cordova.PluginManager.getPlugin(PluginManager.java:281)
W/System.err(19512):    at org.apache.cordova.PluginManager.execHelper(PluginManager.java:232)
W/System.err(19512):    at org.apache.cordova.PluginManager.exec(PluginManager.java:227)
W/System.err(19512):    at org.apache.cordova.ExposedJsApi.exec(ExposedJsApi.java:53)
W/System.err(19512):    at com.android.org.chromium.base.SystemMessageHandler.nativeDoRunLoopOnce(Native Method)
W/System.err(19512):    at com.android.org.chromium.base.SystemMessageHandler.handleMessage(SystemMessageHandler.java:24)
W/System.err(19512):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
W/System.err(19512):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
W/System.err(19512):    at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)
W/System.err(19512): Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/yezhiming/cordova/AppInfo
W/System.err(19512):    ... 14 more
W/System.err(19512): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.yezhiming.cordova.AppInfo" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.example.myapp-1.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app-lib/com.example.myapp-1, /vendor/lib, /system/lib]]

I've checked the plugin is installed (re-added using cordova cli, the plugin is listed in plugins/android.json, and in .../res/xml/config.xml).

I'm unsure how to get any further. Please let me know if you have any ideas how to debug this.

[robations]

It seems like (on cordova build) the plugin is set up in .../res/xml/config.xml like this:

<feature name="AppInfo">
    <param name="android-package" value="com.yezhiming.cordova.AppInfo" />
</feature>

whereas value should, I suppose, be com.yezhiming.cordova.appinfo.AppInfo.

[danmichaelo]

Hm, I'm a bit confused how you got that value. If you use the original plugin, it should be org.scriptotek.appinfo.AppInfo, like so:

    <feature name="AppInfo">
        <param name="android-package" value="org.scriptotek.appinfo.AppInfo" />
    </feature>

[robations]

Ha... sorry for the confusion, check this out:

http://plugins.cordova.io/#/package/com.yezhiming.cordova.appinfo

It even references your repo in the readme, but then all the namespaces are changed. I removed the other plugin and installed yours, and (after removing some zombie references) it's all working :)

[danmichaelo]

Np, and thanks for the link. A situation with two different identifiers for the same plugin is not good. I'll try to contact @yezhiming to see if we can clean this up.