title: dalvikvm: Could not find class
body: <p>I'm getting the following error and crash when running an avd with API 17-20.  I don't get this error with API 23.  I am using Android Studio 2.0.</p>
  
  <pre><code>05-06 02:31:48.252 1544-1544/com.xxx.android E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'android.os.PersistableBundle', referenced from method com.xxx.android.Splash.access$super
  05-06 02:31:48.252 1544-1544/com.xxx.android E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'android.os.PersistableBundle', referenced from method com.xxx.android.Splash.access$super
  05-06 02:31:48.252 1544-1544/com.xxx.android E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'android.media.session.MediaController', referenced from method com.xxx.android.Splash.access$super
  05-06 02:31:48.252 1544-1544/com.xxx.android E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'android.widget.Toolbar', referenced from method com.xxx.android.Splash.access$super
  05-06 02:31:48.252 1544-1544/com.xxx.android E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'android.app.ActivityManager$TaskDescription', referenced from method com.xxx.android.Splash.access$super
  05-06 02:31:48.256 1544-1544/com.xxx.android E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'android.app.SharedElementCallback', referenced from method com.xxx.android.Splash.access$super
  05-06 02:31:48.256 1544-1544/com.xxx.android E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'android.os.PersistableBundle', referenced from method com.xxx.android.Splash.access$super
  05-06 02:31:48.256 1544-1544/com.xxx.android E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'android.app.SharedElementCallback', referenced from method com.xxx.android.Splash.access$super
  05-06 02:31:48.260 1544-1544/com.xxx.android E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'android.app.assist.AssistContent', referenced from method com.xxx.android.Splash.access$super
  05-06 02:31:48.260 1544-1544/com.xxx.android E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'android.view.SearchEvent', referenced from method com.xxx.android.Splash.access$super
  05-06 02:31:48.260 1544-1544/com.xxx.android E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'android.os.PersistableBundle', referenced from method com.xxx.android.Splash.access$super
  05-06 02:31:48.260 1544-1544/com.xxx.android E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'com.xxx.android.HomeScreen', referenced from method com.xxx.android.Splash.onCreate
  05-06 02:31:48.772 1544-1544/com.xxx.android E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                 Process: com.xxx.android, PID: 1544
                                                                 java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.xxx.android.HomeScreen
                                                                     at com.xxx.android.Splash.onCreate(Splash.java:28)
                                                                     at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)
                                                                     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
                                                                     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2148)
                                                                     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233)
                                                                     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)
                                                                     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)
                                                                     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
                                                                     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)
                                                                     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
                                                                     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
                                                                     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)
                                                                     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)
                                                                     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is the questionable code:</p>
  
  <pre>
  public class Splash extends AppCompatActivity {
  
      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  
          Intent intent = new Intent(this, com.xxx.android.HomeScreen.class);
          startActivity(intent);
          finish();
  
      }
  }
  </pre>
  
  <p>AndroidManifest.xml:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;application
      android:name="xxxApp"
      android:allowBackup="true"
      android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      android:supportsRtl="true"
      android:theme="@style/StartupTheme"&gt;
  
      &lt;meta-data
          android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
          android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" /&gt;
  
      &lt;activity
          android:name="com.xxx.android.Splash"
          android:theme="@style/StartupTheme"&gt;
  
          &lt;meta-data
              android:name="android.app.searchable"
              android:resource="@xml/searchable"/&gt;
          &lt;intent-filter&gt;
              &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH"/&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="com.xxx.android.HomeScreen"
          android:label="@string/app_name"
          android:theme="@style/xxxTheme"&gt;
          &lt;!--android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar"&gt;--&gt;
      &lt;/activity&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p></p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>