Bug? Process_Globals Array Crash

Sub Process_Globals
   Dim thisVar(1) As String = Array("Var")
End Sub

maininitializeProcessGlobals (java line: 381)
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Object[] cannot be cast to java.lang.String[]
    at com.atomicalsoftwares.handheld.main.initializeProcessGlobals(main.java:381)
    at com.atomicalsoftwares.handheld.main.afterFirstLayout(main.java:98)
    at com.atomicalsoftwares.handheld.main.access$000(main.java:17)
    at com.atomicalsoftwares.handheld.main$WaitForLayout.run(main.java:80)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5057)
    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:786)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:602)
    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Object[] cannot be cast to java.lang.String[]
    at com.atomicalsoftwares.handheld.main._process_globals(main.java:387)
    at com.atomicalsoftwares.handheld.main.initializeProcessGlobals(main.java:373)
    ... 12 more

Dim thisVar() As String = Array As String("sdfsdf", "SDfsdf")