Question

I was making a sample app where I had created a database for sqlite, I have also inserted values inside the table. But when I am using the select query, I am getting nullpointer exception.

This is my class:

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    Button insert;
    Button show;
    EditText name;
    EditText mobile;
    SQLiteDatabase db;
    String name_str;
    String mob_str;

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


        name = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.name_editText);


        insert = (Button) findViewById(R.id.insert_button);

        insert.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                //Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Onclick works", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();



                name_str=name.getText().toString();
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), name_str, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

                // create or open database file
                db = openOrCreateDatabase("Test.db" , SQLiteDatabase.CREATE_IF_NECESSARY,  
                                                                                      null);
                db.setVersion(1);
               // db.setLocale(Locale.getDefault());
                db.setLockingEnabled(true);

                //System.out.println("Database Created");

             // creating table in database
                db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "+"contacts"+" " +
                                "( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT," +
                                "  name varchar, " +
                                "  mobile varchar ); ");

                db.execSQL("INSERT INTO contacts(name, mobile)VALUES ('Swift','9830098300');");

                db.execSQL("drop table contacts");


                //Database Exists check
                File database=getApplicationContext().getDatabasePath("Test.db");

                if (!database.exists()) {
                    // Database does not exist so copy it from assets here
                    Log.i("Database", "Not Found");
                } else {
                    Log.i("Database", "Found");
                }






            }



        });
        show = (Button) findViewById(R.id.show_button);

        show.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
//                //Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Onclick works", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                Cursor c =db.rawQuery("SELECT COUNT() FROM sqlite_master WHERE name ='contacts';",null);
                if (c != null ) {
                    if  (c.moveToFirst()) {
                          do {
        String firstName = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("name"));

                          }while (c.moveToNext());
                    }
               }

            }
        });

    }





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





}

This is the main.xml:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/name_textView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="60dp"
        android:text="Name:"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/name_editText"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/name_textView"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/name_textView"
        android:layout_marginLeft="14dp"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/name_textView"
        android:ems="10" >

        <requestFocus />
    </EditText>

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/mobile_textView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_below="@+id/name_editText"
        android:layout_marginTop="53dp"
        android:text="Mobile: "
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/mobile_editText"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/mobile_textView"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/mobile_textView"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/name_editText"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="phone" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/insert_button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/mobile_editText"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:text="Insert" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/show_button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/insert_button"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/insert_button"
        android:layout_alignRight="@+id/mobile_editText"
        android:text="Show" />

</RelativeLayout>

Logcat:

10-16 17:16:28.938: D/AndroidRuntime(413): Shutting down VM
10-16 17:16:28.938: W/dalvikvm(413): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001d800)
10-16 17:16:28.958: E/AndroidRuntime(413): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
10-16 17:16:28.958: E/AndroidRuntime(413): java.lang.NullPointerException
10-16 17:16:28.958: E/AndroidRuntime(413):  at com.cyberswift.database.example.MainActivity$2.onClick(MainActivity.java:97)
10-16 17:16:28.958: E/AndroidRuntime(413):  at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2408)
10-16 17:16:28.958: E/AndroidRuntime(413):  at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:8816)
10-16 17:16:28.958: E/AndroidRuntime(413):  at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
10-16 17:16:28.958: E/AndroidRuntime(413):  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
10-16 17:16:28.958: E/AndroidRuntime(413):  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
10-16 17:16:28.958: E/AndroidRuntime(413):  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
10-16 17:16:28.958: E/AndroidRuntime(413):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
10-16 17:16:28.958: E/AndroidRuntime(413):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
10-16 17:16:28.958: E/AndroidRuntime(413):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
10-16 17:16:28.958: E/AndroidRuntime(413):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
10-16 17:16:28.958: E/AndroidRuntime(413):  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
10-16 17:16:30.998: I/Process(413): Sending signal. PID: 413 SIG: 9

Exactly where am I going wrong……………

Answer 1

You did not select name column in your query, so when looping the cursor ( String firstName = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("name"));), it cannot find it.

Also, you should specify the column you count or count all in your SQL query:

db.rawQuery("SELECT name, COUNT(*) AS "+ "\""+ "count"+ "\""+ " FROM sqlite_master WHERE name ='contacts'",null);

Then you can use String firstName = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("name")); and count will have the needed value