Starting TabActivity from Activity class

Question

I am trying to run Activity which extends TabActivity from a class which extends Activity.

Intent intent = new Intent(this, TasksTabLayoutActivity.class);
            startActivity(intent);

This is my TabActivity class definition:

public class TasksTabLayoutActivity extends TabActivity

But this obviously wont compile.

I know TabActivity is deprecated but in this case i need to use it.

How can i start TabActivity from my activity?

"But this obviously wont compile.?" why it will not compile? are you getting any error? — Gopal Gopi, Dec 17 '13 at 19:06
ERROR: "The constructor Intent(new View.OnClickListener(){}, Class) is undefined" — Michael A, Dec 17 '13 at 19:08
So, just from your remarks i see that the problem is starting the intent from view onclicklistener. Happy if someone explain why — Michael A, Dec 17 '13 at 19:10

vipul mittal · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-17T19:15:23.233

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Instead of this in intent constructor pass <YourActivityName>.this:

Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, TasksTabLayoutActivity.class);

Inside onclicklistener if you use this it refers to the onclicklistener class object not the context and the first argument in Intent constructor is expecting an context to be passed.

You need to supply your activity object in this argument(Activity extends context).

edited Dec 17 '13 at 19:15

answered Dec 17 '13 at 19:10

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