title: android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent splash screen
body: <p>I am having an issue with loading up a new intent after my splash screen. I have looked at questions relating to this exception but they all seem to be dealing with thing like google play or google maps not being referenced correctly this is not the case for me.</p>
  
  <p>These are the related questions I have looked at </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13276441/not-found-activity-to-handle-intent">Not found activity to handle intent?</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4268957/activity-not-found-to-handle-intent">activity not found to handle intent</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9357183/no-activity-found-to-handle-intent">no activity found to handle intent</a></p>
  
  <p>Below is my manifest code </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.android.main"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0" &gt;
  
      &lt;uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="15" /&gt;
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/&gt;
  
      &lt;application
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
          android:label="@string/app_name" &gt;
          &lt;activity
              android:name=".Splash"
              android:label="@string/app_name" &gt;
              &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                  &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;
  
                  &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt;
              &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
          &lt;/activity&gt;
          &lt;activity
              android:name=".HomePage"
              android:label="@string/app_name" &gt;
              &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                  &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.HOMEPAGE" /&gt;
  
                  &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /&gt;
              &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
          &lt;/activity&gt;
          &lt;activity
              android:name=".OrderPlaced"
              android:label="@string/app_name" &gt;
              &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                  &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.ORDERPLACED" /&gt;
  
                  &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /&gt;
              &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
          &lt;/activity&gt;
      &lt;/application&gt;
  
  &lt;/manifest&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is the code for the class splash</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.android.main;
  
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  
  public class Splash extends Activity{
  
      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.splash);
  
          Thread timer = new Thread(){
              public void run(){
                  try{
                      sleep(1000);
                  }catch(InterruptedException e) {
                      e.printStackTrace();
                  }finally{
                      Intent openStartingPoint = new Intent("com.android.main.HOMEPAGE");
                      startActivity(openStartingPoint);
                  }
              }
          };
          timer.start();
      }
  
      @Override
      protected void onPause() {
  
          super.onPause();
          finish();
      }
  
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And here is the class HomePage I am trying to load after the splash screen</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.android.main;
  
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.util.Log;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.widget.Button;
  import android.widget.CheckBox;
  import android.widget.EditText;
  import android.widget.Spinner;
  import android.widget.TextView;
  
  public class HomePage extends Activity {
      /** Called when the activity is first created. */
  
  
      TextView name;
      EditText editName;
      TextView drinks;
      Spinner drinksSpinner;
      TextView message;
      CheckBox checkbox;
      Button createOrderButton;
  
  
      @Override
      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.main);
          createOrder();
      }
  
      public void createOrder(){
  
          createOrderButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bCreateOrder);
          createOrderButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
  
              @Override
              public void onClick(View v) {
                  postInformationtoAPI();
  
              }
  
              private void postInformationtoAPI() {
  
                  goToOrderCompleted();
              }
  
              private void goToOrderCompleted() {
                  Intent intent = new Intent(HomePage.this , OrderPlaced.class);
                  HomePage.this.startActivity(intent);
                  Log.i("onClick", "trying to start new activity to change layout");
              }
          });
  
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The app force quits after loading the splash screen and gives the following exception </p>
  
  <pre><code>03-14 22:32:33.553: E/AndroidRuntime(3166): android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=com.android.main.HOMEPAGE }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any help with this would be greatly appreciated</p>