(#) Class is not registered in the manifest
!!! WARNING: Class is not registered in the manifest
This is a warning.
Id
: `Registered`
Summary
: Class is not registered in the manifest
Note
: **This issue is disabled by default**; use `--enable Registered`
Severity
: Warning
Category
: Correctness
Platform
: Android
Vendor
: Android Open Source Project
Feedback
: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708
Since
: Initial
Affects
: Kotlin and Java files
Editing
: This check runs on the fly in the IDE editor
See
: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html
Implementation
: [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-checks/src/main/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/RegistrationDetector.java)
Tests
: [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/RegistrationDetectorTest.java)
Copyright Year
: 2012
Activities, services and content providers should be registered in the
`AndroidManifest.xml` file using ``, `` and
`` tags.
If your activity is simply a parent class intended to be subclassed by
other "real" activities, make it an abstract class.
(##) Example
Here is an example of lint warnings produced by this check:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~text
src/test/pkg/MyActivity2.java:5:Warning: The
test.pkg.MyActivity2 is not registered in the manifest [Registered]
public class MyActivity2 extends Activity {
-----------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here are the relevant source files:
`src/test/pkg/MyActivity1.java`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~java linenumbers
package test.pkg;
import android.app.Activity;
public class MyActivity1 extends Activity {
}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
`src/test/pkg/MyActivity2.java`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~java linenumbers
package test.pkg;
import android.app.Activity;
public class MyActivity2 extends Activity {
}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
`src/AndroidManifest.xml`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="test.pkg">
<application>
<activity android:name=".MyActivity1" />
</application>
</manifest>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can also visit the
[source code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/RegistrationDetectorTest.java)
for the unit tests for this check to see additional scenarios.
(##) Suppressing
You can suppress false positives using one of the following mechanisms:
* Using a suppression annotation like this on the enclosing
element:
```kt
// Kotlin
@Suppress("Registered")
fun method() {
problematicStatement()
}
```
or
```java
// Java
@SuppressWarnings("Registered")
void method() {
problematicStatement();
}
```
* Using a suppression comment like this on the line above:
```kt
//noinspection Registered
problematicStatement()
```
* Using a special `lint.xml` file in the source tree which turns off
the check in that folder and any sub folder. A simple file might look
like this:
```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<lint>
<issue id="Registered" severity="ignore" />
</lint>
```
Instead of `ignore` you can also change the severity here, for
example from `error` to `warning`. You can find additional
documentation on how to filter issues by path, regular expression and
so on
[here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/lintxml.md.html).
* In Gradle projects, using the DSL syntax to configure lint. For
example, you can use something like
```gradle
lintOptions {
disable 'Registered'
}
```
In Android projects this should be nested inside an `android { }`
block.
* For manual invocations of `lint`, using the `--ignore` flag:
```
$ lint --ignore Registered ...`
```
* Last, but not least, using baselines, as discussed
[here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/baselines.md.html).