Question

My app is crashing. I have errors and I just got done debugging and as the title says thats the problem.

While debugging I found the line that is causing the problem:

listView.setAdapter(arrayAdapter2);

Towards the bottom. I had a similar nullpointerException before here. This time it is different as I am declaring my arrayadapter in the right area. In debugging the result that goes into the array adapter is not NULL.

I have searched the forum and found these:

Why am I getting an InvocationTargetException? Android 2D game

another nullpointerexception

These NullPointerExceptions seem pretty common in android but they are pretty code specific.

In reading the other information correct me if I am wrong the only place the null can be is if the arrayAdapter2 is NULL.

public class ByZipcode extends Activity{ 
Button btngetLObyzipcode;
Spinner spinner1;
ProgressBar progressBar1;
EditText textinput4byzip;
UserFunctions userFunctions  = new UserFunctions();
ArrayAdapter<String> arrayAdapter2;

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.byzipcodepage);
    arrayAdapter2 = new ArrayAdapter<String>(ByZipcode.this,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1);

    // Initializing spinner with predetermined results
    spinner1 = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
    progressBar1 = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar1);
    textinput4byzip = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.textinput4byzip);
    ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> spinnerAdapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this,
            R.array.byzipspinner, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
    spinnerAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
    spinner1.setAdapter(spinnerAdapter);


    btngetLObyzipcode = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btngetLObyzipcode);
    btngetLObyzipcode.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View arg0) {
            if (textinput4byzip.getText() != null & textinput4byzip.getText().toString().length() == 5 ){
                progressBar1.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                new DownloadDataTask().execute();
                }
            }
    });

}



@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main_screen, menu);
    return true;
}

private class DownloadDataTask extends AsyncTask<JSONArray, JSONArray, ArrayList<String> > {


        @Override
        protected ArrayList<String> doInBackground(JSONArray... params) {
            String spinValue = spinner1.getSelectedItem().toString();
            //if(textinput4byzip.getText() != null)
            JSONArray json = userFunctions.getCustomerbyZipCode((textinput4byzip.getText().toString()), spinValue);
            ArrayList<String> customers = new ArrayList<String>();
            for(int i=0; i < json.length() ; i++) {
                JSONObject jarray;
                try {
                    jarray = json.getJSONObject(i);
                    String zip = jarray.getString("CustomerName");
                    customers.add(zip);
                    Log.d(zip,"Output");
                } catch (JSONException e) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return customers;
        }   
        protected void onPostExecute(ArrayList<String> result){
            ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView1);
            arrayAdapter2.addAll(result);
            listView.setAdapter(arrayAdapter2);
            progressBar1.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            Intent viewCustomers = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), StoreListView.class);
            viewCustomers.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
            startActivity(viewCustomers);
        }
 }

}

Just in case you are interested the failure is below:

02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686): java.lang.NullPointerException
02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686):     at     com.example.lo.ByZipcode$DownloadDataTask.onPostExecute(ByZipcode.java:93)
02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686):     at com.example.lo.ByZipcode$DownloadDataTask.onPostExecute(ByZipcode.java:1)
02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686):     at android.os.AsyncTask.finish(AsyncTask.java:631)
02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686):     at android.os.AsyncTask.access$600(AsyncTask.java:177)
02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686):     at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.handleMessage(AsyncTask.java:644)
02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5039)
02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)
02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560)
02-10 17:39:36.976: E/AndroidRuntime(7686):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

As requested the xml page for the above activity:

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

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/textinput4byzip"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
    android:contentDescription="@string/zipcodefielddescription"
    android:ems="10"
    android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
    android:inputType="number"
    android:maxLength="@integer/zipcodelength"
    android:textSize="@dimen/LargeFont" >

    <requestFocus />
</EditText>

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
    android:text="@string/entrzip"
    android:textAlignment="center"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
    android:textSize="@dimen/MediumFont" />

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/MediumFont"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/MediumFont" >

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progressBar1"
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
        android:layout_width="285dp"
        android:layout_height="308dp"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
        android:visibility="gone" />

    <Spinner
        android:id="@+id/spinner1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
        android:entries="@array/byzipspinner"
        android:textAlignment="center" />

    <CheckBox
        android:id="@+id/checkBox1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:checked="true"
        android:text="@string/restaurants"
        android:textSize="@dimen/LargeFont" />

    <CheckBox
        android:id="@+id/checkBox2"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:checked="true"
        android:text="CheckBox"
        android:textSize="@dimen/LargeFont" />

    <CheckBox
        android:id="@+id/checkBox3"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:checked="true"
        android:text="CheckBox"
        android:textSize="@dimen/LargeFont" />

    <CheckBox
        android:id="@+id/checkBox4"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:checked="true"
        android:text="CheckBox"
        android:textSize="@dimen/LargeFont" />

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:paddingRight="@dimen/MediumFont" >

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btngetLObyzipcode"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="@string/getlo"
            android:textSize="@dimen/LargeFont" />

    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView1);

You’re looking in byzipcodepage.xml for a ListView with ID listView1. No such view exists; in fact, there is no ListView in that layout at all.

If you want a list in that view (for the adapter to use), you need to add it; if your ListView is within a different activity, you may need to handle this entire situation a bit differently to pass the data from this activity to that one (perhaps through a Bundle).