# "Cannot find symbol" in GetRootActivity using bolav's HomeScreen

**URL:** <https://forums.fusetools.com/t/cannot-find-symbol-in-getrootactivity-using-bolavs-homescreen/8012>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [March 15, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/cannot-find-symbol-in-getrootactivity-using-bolavs-homescreen/8012 "2020-03-15T17:20:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matti\_Tihverainen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.fusetools.com/matti_tihverainen/32/684_2.png) [@Matti\_Tihverainen](https://forums.fusetools.com/u/Matti_Tihverainen)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/cannot-find-symbol-in-getrootactivity-using-bolavs-homescreen/8012/1 "2020-03-15T17:20:28Z")

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> **[GitHub - bolav/fuse-homescreen: Action to go to Android Homescreen](https://github.com/bolav/fuse-homescreen)**
>
> Action to go to Android Homescreen. Contribute to bolav/fuse-homescreen development by creating an account on GitHub.

Hello! I’ve been using bolav’s HomeScreen for multiple projects, but now it fails in “uno build android”:

> Uno 1.14.0 (build 550) macOS 10.15 x86\_64 118f137  
> Copyright © 2018-present Fuse Open
> 
> Configuring 1.52 s  
> Compiling syntax tree 0.87 s  
> Generating code and data 4.00 s  
> Building Android app  
> /Users/mattitihverainen/Fuse/App.fi/build/Android/Debug/app/src/main/java/com/foreign/HomeScreen.java:29: error: cannot find symbol  
> android.app.Activity a = fi.company.Appfi.Appfi.GetRootActivity();
> 
> symbol: method GetRootActivity()  
> location: class Appfi  
> /Users/mattitihverainen/Fuse/App.fi/build/Android/Debug/app/src/main/java/com/foreign/HomeScreen.java:39: error: cannot find symbol  
> android.app.Activity a = fi.company.Appfi.Appfi.GetRootActivity();
> 
> symbol: method GetRootActivity()  
> location: class Appfi  
> Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.  
> Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.  
> 2 errors
> 
> FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
> 
> - What went wrong:  
> Execution failed for task ‘:app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac’.  
> Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

Any ideas how to fix it?

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**Author:** ![Hassan\_M](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.fusetools.com/hassan_m/32/957_2.png) [@Hassan\_M](https://forums.fusetools.com/u/Hassan_M)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/cannot-find-symbol-in-getrootactivity-using-bolavs-homescreen/8012/2 "2020-03-16T01:24:10Z")

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Try to replace this line: [https://github.com/bolav/fuse-homescreen/blob/c9cad2653d63c678f185c0af81e473f798333ef4/HomeScreen.uno#L57](https://github.com/bolav/fuse-homescreen/blob/c9cad2653d63c678f185c0af81e473f798333ef4/HomeScreen.uno#L57)

using this : `android.app.Activity a = com.fuse.Activity.getRootActivity();`

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**Author:** ![Matti\_Tihverainen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.fusetools.com/matti_tihverainen/32/684_2.png) [@Matti\_Tihverainen](https://forums.fusetools.com/u/Matti_Tihverainen)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/cannot-find-symbol-in-getrootactivity-using-bolavs-homescreen/8012/3 "2020-03-16T06:22:44Z")

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Thank you! Works great! 👍