Android Holoeverywhere DatePreference error

Question

I am using the Holoeverywhere library. I should have a preference where the user picks a date. I put this preference in my file like this

<org.holoeverywhere.preference.DatePreference
        android:key="preference_birth_date"
        android:summary="@string/preference_birth_date"
        android:title="@string/preference_birth_date" />

When i start the preference screen I get the following error:

01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{dev.gauss.istrabike/dev.gauss.istrabike.settings.UserProfilePreferencesActivity}: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.lang.Long
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2092)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2117)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:134)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1218)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4867)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1007)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:774)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307): Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.lang.Long
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at android.app.SharedPreferencesImpl.getLong(SharedPreferencesImpl.java:228)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.preference._SharedPreferencesImpl_XML.getLong(_SharedPreferencesImpl_XML.java:263)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.preference._SharedPreferencesImpl_XML.getLong(_SharedPreferencesImpl_XML.java:263)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.preference.Preference.getPersistedLong(Preference.java:412)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.preference.DatePreference.onSetInitialValue(DatePreference.java:144)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.preference.Preference.dispatchSetInitialValue(Preference.java:178)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.preference.Preference.onAttachedToHierarchy(Preference.java:607)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.preference.PreferenceGroup.addPreference(PreferenceGroup.java:74)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.preference.PreferenceGroup.addItemFromInflater(PreferenceGroup.java:40)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.preference.PreferenceGroup.addItemFromInflater(PreferenceGroup.java:1)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.app.GenericInflater.rInflate(GenericInflater.java:262)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.app.GenericInflater.rInflate(GenericInflater.java:263)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.app.GenericInflater.inflate(GenericInflater.java:194)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.app.GenericInflater.inflate(GenericInflater.java:164)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.app.GenericInflater.inflate(GenericInflater.java:158)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.preference.PreferenceManager.inflateFromResource(PreferenceManager.java:384)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at org.holoeverywhere.preference.PreferenceActivity.addPreferencesFromResource(PreferenceActivity.java:284)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at dev.gauss.istrabike.settings.UserProfilePreferencesActivity.onCreate(UserProfilePreferencesActivity.java:68)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5047)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1094)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2056)
01-17 23:11:10.719: E/AndroidRuntime(26307):    ... 11 more

When I remove the preference from the XML file everything works fine. I only set the preference in the XML I didn't do anything in code yet.

Answer 1

You have a string value with key preference_birth_date in your store. It caused by using EditTextPreference earlier with the same key. Just clear app data or change key to something else.

Answer 2

It looks that your not yet implemented class 'ComponentInfo' has problem with casting string to long, look into code of that class or override 'onCreate' method in any subclass of 'ComponentInfo'.