Question

public class workmemo extends Activity{

   EditText editTextWorkmemo1;
   EditText editTextWorkmemo2;
   String q1;
   String q2;

   Button ButtonWorkMemo1 ;
   WorkmemoDatabaseHelper dbh2 = new WorkmemoDatabaseHelper(workmemo.this);

   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.workmemo);

      q1=editTextWorkmemo1.getText().toString();

      String currentDateTimeString = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(
                                                                   new Date());
      editTextWorkmemo2=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editTextWorkmemo2);
      editTextWorkmemo2.setText(currentDateTimeString);
      q2=currentDateTimeString;

      ButtonWorkMemo1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.ButtonWorkMemo1);
      ButtonWorkMemo1.setOnClickListener(new clicker());


   }

   class clicker implements Button.OnClickListener{
      public void onClick(View v) {                        
         if(v== ButtonWorkMemo1) {
            //addEvent(q1,q2);
            Intent viewDataIntent = new Intent(workmemo.this, Database.class);
            startActivity(viewDataIntent);
         }
      }
   }

    public void addEvent ( String q1,String q) {
       SQLiteDatabase db = dbh2.getWritableDatabase();
       ContentValues values = new ContentValues();

       values.put(WorkmemoDatabaseHelper.memo, q1);
       values.put(WorkmemoDatabaseHelper.date, q2);

       db.insert(WorkmemoDatabaseHelper.TABLE_NAME, null, values);      
    }
}

Hello , I am trying to launch an activity and when android tries to launch the above activity ( workmemo ) , it fails. Here is my error log below. any ideas?

04-24 12:46:06.955: W/dalvikvm(548): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x409c01f8)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{nidhin.organizer/nidhin.organizer.workmemo}: java.lang.NullPointerException
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1956)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1981)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:123)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1147)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4424)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at nidhin.organizer.workmemo.onCreate(workmemo.java:32)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4465)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1049)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1920)
04-24 12:46:06.984: E/AndroidRuntime(548):  ... 11 more

Answer 1

Your variable editTextWorkmemo1 is unitialized but you’re calling getText() on it at line 32. This causes the NullPointerException.