OSMdroid - error: no suitable constructor found for Overlay(no arguments) constructor Overlay.Overlay(Context) is not applicable

Question

While extending OSMdroid Overlay class in an application

import org.osmdroid.views.overlay.Overlay;
...
public class MapOverlayArea extends Overlay implements TextToSpeech.OnInitListener, OnTouchListener  {

...

I receive an error:

error: no suitable constructor found for Overlay(no arguments) constructor Overlay.Overlay(Context) is not applicable

as highlighted by spy: provide the source code of your constructor. It should start with: super(context); — MKer, Apr 23 '16 at 19:40
@spy : osmdroid 4.3. NO, i do not know HOW to provide said constructor. — tony gil, Apr 24 '16 at 19:14
Your code would have the same error regardless of the IDE. I've removed references to Android Studio — OneCricketeer, Apr 24 '16 at 21:00
@tonygil Please consider answering your own question and approve it instead of doing an edit to the question, this helps filter unanswered question. — M. Haché, May 19 '16 at 12:01

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited May 19 '16 at 22:08

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As indicated by the error message, the required constructor was missing.

public class MapOverlayArea extends Overlay implements TextToSpeech.OnInitListener, OnTouchListener  {

    public MapOverlayArea(Context ctx) {
        super(ctx);
    }

    //....
}

Including the constructor as above, and calling it correctly from main activity using

MapOverlayArea mapOverlayArea = new MapOverlayArea(context);

solves the problem.

edited May 19 '16 at 22:08

albciff

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answered May 19 '16 at 20:40

Shadow The GPT Wizard

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This post was discussed on meta http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/323404/what-to-do-when-asker-offers-free-rep-points – Travis J May 19 '16 at 20:53

OSMdroid - error: no suitable constructor found for Overlay(no arguments) constructor Overlay.Overlay(Context) is not applicable

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