Thread: classdef not found error in uiautomator test app - eclipse

I figure I'm doing something dumb in eclipse but I just can't figure it out.

I'm automating an activity with uiautomator. I needed to grab some info from a custom control that stored in the apk.
My file structure is something like this

myApp/java/com/fancy/ui/control/theview.java
myApp/uitests/src/com/fancy/ui/uitests.java

I only load the myApp/uitests into my workspace, not the activity code.

Anyhow I import the com.fancy.ui.control.theview;
In eclipse properties Java path I pointed to the class folder since it's an apk. (this is where I plead ignorance).

The test code I create a thread, a handler and a looper, within that handler.Post I am asking to print theview.getAdapter().getcount();

Everything compiles and when I push the jar and run it via uiautomator - it steps into the thread but complains about com.fancy.ui.control.theview being classref not found exception. - I figure it has something to do with the Java path stuff. Perhaps even with the fact the I'm loading only the uitest into the workspace and not the activity&control.

Any thoughts on setting it up right? Should I focus on the setting or am not allowed to access activity or controls from a thread via uiautomator?

Happy Holidays,
zombietoe

I assume "push the jar" means you're creating or importing the project to a .jar file from Eclipse. Is that correct? If so, I suspect that the export is going wrong in that it's not including all of the project parts needed for the resulting .jar file to stand alone.

The Java Tutorials include a section on creating .jar files. I suggest you read that and try creating the .jar file by hand (outside Eclipse).

Thanks, I failed to mention a few important things:
1. I generated a build.xml through a script. android create uitest-project -n uitest -t 10 -p . --> the resulting file is very generic - I didn't update it.
2. than I compile ant build in bash rather than in eclipse, I adb push the resulting jar from the bin folder.