Question

My code is something like this

// To save my form data

private final OnClickListener mFinishListener = new OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View v) {

        SharedPreferences.Editor editor = getPreferences(0).edit();

        editor.putString("txtName",mName.getText().toString());

        servState = 1;
        editor.putInt("AppState", servState);
        editor.commit();

        }

// To Retrieve my form data

protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();

        SharedPreferences prefs = getPreferences(0);
        int restoreServState = prefs.getInt("AppState", 0);


        if(restoreServState == 0){
            setContentView(R.layout.main);
            Button button = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnFinish);
            button.setOnClickListener(mFinishListener);
        }
        else {

            setContentView(R.layout.pwd);
            int selectionStart = prefs.getInt("selection-start", -1);
            int selectionEnd = prefs.getInt("selection-end", -1);
            if (selectionStart != -1 && selectionEnd != -1) {
                //mSaved.setSelection(selectionStart, selectionEnd);
            }
        }

    }

I get NullPointerException at the point of saving the data in the OnClick event in the above code. The exact line I got problem is

    editor.putString("txtName",mName.getText().toString());

Please suggest what is the wrong here? Do I need to change anything in the manifest file to use shared preferences?

Answer 1

you may have two problem for getting this error

Actually when Activity starts it call onCreate() first

onResume() is called after activity is created so may be your control may not getting the resource

1)so had setContentView(R.layout.main) in onCreate?
2)had you initialize EditText mName=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.label);?

check this things, may works