Android MapView Class Not Found

Issue

When trying to run the mapview in the emulator or on the device, the activity crashes. I feel this may be due to an import issue with the required libraries. The error will show a class not found exception. Please let me know if you need more information. I have also been following this tutorial: https://blog-emildesign.rhcloud.com/?p=435

Activity:

package com.klinetel.countydentistfinder;

import com.google.android.gms.maps.*;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;


public class ClinicMapActivity extends FragmentActivity
{
    MapView m;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_clinic_map);


    }





}

Activity Layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <fragment
        android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"
        android:id="@+id/map"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</LinearLayout>

Manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.klinetel.countydentistfinder"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
    <uses-permission android:name="com.klinetel.countydentistfinder.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/>
    <permission
        android:name="com.klinetel.countydentistfinder.LocationGoogleMapV2Demo.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
        android:protectionLevel="signature"/>
    <uses-feature
        android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
        android:required="true"/>

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

        <activity
            android:name="com.klinetel.countydentistfinder.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name="com.klinetel.countydentistfinder.ClinicListingActivity"
            android:label="@string/title_activity_clinic_listing"
            android:parentActivityName="com.klinetel.countydentistfinder.MainActivity" >
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
                android:value="com.klinetel.countydentistfinder.MainActivity" />
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name="com.klinetel.countydentistfinder.ClinicMapActivity"
            android:label="@string/title_activity_clinic_map"
            android:parentActivityName="com.klinetel.countydentistfinder.ClinicListingActivity" >
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
                android:value="com.klinetel.countydentistfinder.MainActivity" />
        </activity>
        <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps"></uses-library>
        <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
            android:value=""/>
    </application>

</manifest>

Logcat:

Solution

You should not add it as a external jar file.

You should reference the library project in your android map project.

http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/setup.html

Copy the google-play services_lib library project to your workspace (folder where your android map project is). The library project can be found under the following path.

     <android-sdk-folder>/extras/google/google_play_services/libproject/google-play-services_lib library project .

Import the library project to your eclipse

Click File > Import, select Android > Existing Android Code into Workspace, and browse the workspace import the library project. You can check if it is library project. Right click on the library project. Goto properties. Click Android on the left panel. You will see Is Library checked.

Right click on your android project. Goto properties. Choose Android on the left panel. Click on Add and browse the library project. Select the same. Click ok and apply

Also make sure you have enabled google maps for android in the google api console

Answered By - Raghunandan