Android L: LinkageError crashes application
android, android-5.0-lollipop
Solution
The problem was a conflicting method in `BaseActivity`. I had created a helper method called `getDrawable(int drawableId)` that had the same signature as a method added to the `Activity` class in Android L.
This conflict caused the `LinkageError`. To fix the issue, I simply renamed my helper method so it wouldn't conflict with the new built-in method.
Problem
As part of testing an existing Android app against the L preview, the app is crashing with the following exception: ``` 07-08 10:05:39.024: E/AndroidRuntime(2126): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 07-08 10:05:39.024: E/AndroidRuntime(2126): Process: com.example, PID: 2126 07-08 10:05:39.024: E/AndroidRuntime(2126): java.lang.LinkageError: com.example.BaseActivity 07-08 10:05:39.024: E/AndroidRuntime(2126): at dalvik.system.DexFile.defineClassNative(Native Method) 07-08 10:05:39.024: E/AndroidRuntime(2126): at dalvik.system.DexFile.defineClass(DexFile.java:222) 07-08 10:05:39.024: E/AndroidRuntime(2126): at dalvik.system.DexFile.loadClassBinaryName(DexFile.java:215) 07-08 10:05:39.024: E/AndroidRuntime(2126): at dalvik.system.DexPathList.findClass(DexPathList.java:321) 07-08 10:05:39.024: E/AndroidRuntime(2126): at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:54) ``` The app works fine in API levels 14-19, but crashes on start up with this cryptic error on the L preview. The compile/targetSdk version is still set to API 19.