Question

i have a spinner, its working fine when i insert values by spinner in data base, but when i fetch values from database and pass index to spinner it works too but when i click on it to change the value it gives error Java Null Pointer Exception. Do help me out please.

array_spinner=new String[4];
        array_spinner[0]= sing.gs.getApplicator1();
        array_spinner[1]= sing.gs.getApplicator2();
        array_spinner[2]= sing.gs.getApplicator3();
        array_spinner[3]= sing.gs.getApplicator4();
        app = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spnr_app);

        ArrayAdapter adapter = new ArrayAdapter(this,
        android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, array_spinner);
        app.setAdapter(adapter);

        //singleton check
         if (sing.savedRecord)
            {
                getSetting();
            }

getSetting method

private void getSetting()
{
    try
    {

        app.setSelection(Integer.valueOf(sing.gs.getApplicator_name()));
        datePicker.setText(sing.gs.getSpray_date().toString());

    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        Log.e("Retrieve Error", e.toString());
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

LOGCAT

05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910): java.lang.NullPointerException
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.ArrayAdapter.createViewFromResource(ArrayAdapter.java:355)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.ArrayAdapter.getDropDownView(ArrayAdapter.java:376)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.Spinner$DropDownAdapter.getDropDownView(Spinner.java:332)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.Spinner$DropDownAdapter.getView(Spinner.java:328)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.AbsListView.obtainView(AbsListView.java:1409)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.ListView.measureHeightOfChildren(ListView.java:1216)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.ListView.onMeasure(ListView.java:1127)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.view.View.measure(View.java:8313)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:3138)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1017)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:386)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:309)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.view.View.measure(View.java:8313)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:3138)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1017)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:386)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:309)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at com.android.internal.widget.WeightedLinearLayout.onMeasure(WeightedLinearLayout.java:60)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.view.View.measure(View.java:8313)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:3138)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:250)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.view.View.measure(View.java:8313)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:3138)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:250)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.view.View.measure(View.java:8313)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.view.ViewRoot.performTraversals(ViewRoot.java:839)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1859)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
05-16 17:32:58.511: E/AndroidRuntime(910):  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Answer 1

Please check it looks, one of your sing.gs.getApplicator1(); value is null .. Please check all sing.gs.getApplicator ……….

reason :
go to line no 394 (whcih is 328 of your sdk ArrayAdepter)

https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/blob/master/core/java/android/widget/ArrayAdapter.java

394 – text.setText(item.toString());

so here either text may null or item may null.

but you are using in-built layout so text should not be null so item can be null….