Android Input Dialog Box's Onclick doesn't work

Question

so I am new to programming in Android so I apologize if this is a beginner mistake, but I was programming my button to add a user to an array list with the name given in the dialog box. When I run it, everything works except when it executes users.add(new User(name)); (It returns a null pointerI'm unsure as to why this is the case. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here is my code.

addPersonButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        final EditText input = new EditText(mainActivity);

        new AlertDialog.Builder(mainActivity)
            .setTitle("New User")
            .setMessage("What is the new user's name?")
            .setView(input)
            .setPositiveButton("Add", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
                    final String name = input.getText().toString();
                    users.add(new User(name));
                }
            })
            .setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
                    // Do nothing.
                }
            }).show();
    }
});

where hv u initialized users? – vipul mittal Dec 15 '13 at 07:31 — vipul mittal, Dec 15 '13 at 07:31

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 15 '13 at 07:24

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i think your problem is with input in onClick method, and because input in your dialog layout not in main layout, so you must use following code:

    final String name = dialog.input.getText().toString();
    users.add(new User(name));

answered Dec 15 '13 at 07:24

Shayan Pourvatan

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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create edittext in xml and use findViewById(R.id.edittext);

or in java

final EditText input = new EditText(MainActivity.this);

refer here

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Dec 15 '13 at 07:27

Nambi

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Android Input Dialog Box's Onclick doesn't work

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