Sorry, that got sent incomplete. The logcat gives me: 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.raghavsood.gravity/com.raghavsood.gravity.Forceometer}: java.lang.ClassCastException: android.widget.TextView cannot be cast to android.widget.Button 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1956) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1981) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:123) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1147) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4424) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: android.widget.TextView cannot be cast to android.widget.Button 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at com.raghavsood.gravity.Forceometer.onCreate(Forceometer.java:87) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4465) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1049) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1920) 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): ... 11 more
I know the font is fine as I use it in two other textviews and it works brilliantly. I have tried this on a 2.3 device, and ICS on the Nexus S. Doesn't work on either. Thanks On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Raghav Sood <raghavs...@androidactivist.org>wrote: > Hi all, > > I was updating the ui to one of my apps, and encountered a problem setting > the typeface of the button. According to the online docs, calling > setTypeface() on a button should work. However, I get the following error: > > java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity > ComponentInfo{com.raghavsood.gravity/com.raghavsood.gravity.Forceometer}: > java.lang.ClassCastException: android.widget.TextView cannot be cast to > android.widget.Button > 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at > android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1956) > 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at > android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1981) > 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at > android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:123) > 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at > android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1147) > 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at > android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) > 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at > android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137) > 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at > android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4424) > 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at > java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) > 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at > java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) > 01-08 14:55:41.757: E/ACRA(15317): at > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784) > at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551) > at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) > Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: android.widget.TextView > cannot be cast to android.widget.Button > at com.raghavsood.gravity.Forceometer.onCreate(Forceometer.java:87) > at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4465) > at > android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1049) > at > android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1920) > ... 11 more > > > -- > Raghav Sood > http://www.androidactivist.org/ - Author > http://www.appaholics.in/ - Founder > > -- Raghav Sood http://www.androidactivist.org/ - Author http://www.appaholics.in/ - Founder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en