Code clarification

[Sternbach-Software]

https://github.com/michelesalvador/FamilyGem/blob/master/app/src/main/java/app/familygem/DetailActivity.java#L481

    public Object cast(Class aClass) {
        Object casted = null;
        try {
            // If it goes wrong will return a new instance of the class, just to not crash DetailActivity
            if (aClass.equals(GedcomTag.class))
                casted = new GedcomTag(null, null, null);
            else
                casted = aClass.newInstance();
            casted = aClass.cast(object);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            onBackPressed();
        }
        return casted;
    }

Were you trying to accomplish this?

    public Object cast(Class aClass) {
        Object casted = null;
            // If it goes wrong will return a new instance of the class, just to not crash DetailActivity
            if (aClass.equals(GedcomTag.class))
                casted = new GedcomTag(null, null, null);
            else
                casted = aClass.newInstance();

        try {
            casted = aClass.cast(object);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            onBackPressed();
        }
        return casted;
    }

[michelesalvador]

No I didn't. newInstance() needs to handle exceptions, must be surrounded by try.