Question

I am trying to save the username in shared preferences. I used a web service to get the username and password from the database and it works perfectly. The problem is with saving the username in shared preferences. I have given the code below. I have commented the place where the problem arises. I get the following exception:

   java.lang.NullPointerException

I cant find whats wrong. please help.

///Login Class////

public class Login extends Activity{

private static final String SOAP_ACTION = "http://tempuri.org/checkLogin";
private static final String OPERATION_NAME = "checkLogin";
private static final String WSDL_TARGET_NAMESPACE = "http://tempuri.org/";
private static final String SOAP_ADDRESS = "http://10.0.2.2:54714/WebSite1/Service.asmx";

Button sqllogin;
EditText sqlusername, sqlpassword;
TextView tvData1;
CheckBox cb;

 @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    sqlusername = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etuname1);
    sqlpassword = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etpass);
    tvData1 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1); 
    sqllogin = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bLogin);


    sqllogin.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

        public void onClick(View v) {
            switch (v.getId()){
            case R.id.bLogin:
            String username = sqlusername.getText().toString();
            String password = sqlpassword.getText().toString();
            SoapObject Request = new SoapObject(WSDL_TARGET_NAMESPACE,OPERATION_NAME);
            Request.addProperty("uname", String.valueOf(username));
            Request.addProperty("pwd", String.valueOf(password));

                    SoapSerializationEnvelope envelope = new SoapSerializationEnvelope(
                    SoapEnvelope.VER11);
                    envelope.dotNet = true;
                    envelope.setOutputSoapObject(Request);
                    HttpTransportSE httpTransport = new HttpTransportSE(SOAP_ADDRESS);

                   try  {                    
                    httpTransport.call(SOAP_ACTION, envelope);                       
                    SoapObject result = (SoapObject) envelope.bodyIn;
                    int response =  Integer.parseInt(result.getProperty(0).toString());
                    if(response == 2)//Response is 2 when username and password valid
                        {
                        tvData1.setText("You have logged in successfully"); 
                        savePrefs("CHECKBOX",cb.isChecked()); //This line and the following 3 lines is where the problem is.
                        if (cb.isChecked())
                        {
                            savePrefs("NAME",sqlusername.getText().toString());
                        }
                        Intent openhomepage = new Intent("com.android.disasterAlertApp.HOME");
                        startActivity(openhomepage);
                        }
                    else
                        {
                        tvData1.setText("Invalid Username or password"); 
                        }
                    }  catch (Exception exception)   {
                                  tvData1.setText(exception.toString());                    
                    }
            break;

        }

        }
    });
}

     private void savePrefs(String key, boolean value){
     SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this); 
     Editor edit = sp.edit();
     edit.putBoolean(key, value);
     edit.commit();
 }

 private void savePrefs(String key,String value){
     SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this); 
     Editor edit = sp.edit();
     edit.putString(key, value);
     edit.commit(); 
 }

}

Answer 1

I dont see where you made cb (the check box ) attached to a view?

You are getting a null pointer because cb is nothing. You haven’t found its view yet its just a member and that’s it. And since this is also where you are getting your null pointer this is almost certainly what’s going wrong.