Question

i am trying to write a program that changes the background color of the screen to the color that i decided.
i wrote something like that but when it runs it crashes
what is sthe problem,please help me.here is the xml code

  <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <LinearLayout 

        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:layout_gravity="bottom"
        android:background="#FFFFFF"


        >

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/button1"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Red"
            />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/button2"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Green" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/button3"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Blue" />
         <Button
            android:id="@+id/button4"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="White" />

    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

and here is the .java code

package com.example.flashlight;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;

public class FlashLight extends Activity {

Button red,green,blue,white;
LinearLayout view;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_flash_light);
    red=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
    green=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button2);
    blue=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button3);
    white=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button4);

    red.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

        public void onClick(View v) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

            view.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED);

        }
    });

}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_flash_light, menu);
    return true;
}
}

Answer 1

you are not assigning the view variable to anything, that is probably causing a NullPointerException in your code

try adding in your XML file this line under the LinearLayout:

android:id="@+id/view"

and adding this line to your onCreate:

view = (LinearLayout)findViewBiId(R.id.view);