I have changed some code from ActionBar to a Support.v7.ActionBar - after the normal complications of getting compilation to work I am getting an error in the following code, which previously was working :
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_activity_actions, menu);
RelativeLayout badgeLayout = (RelativeLayout) menu.findItem(R.id.badge).getActionView();
/**** App crashes here *****/
TextView tv_mode = (TextView) badgeLayout.findViewById(R.id.actionbar_notifcation_textview_mode);
tv_mode.setText(modeOutput);
TextView tv_type = (TextView) badgeLayout.findViewById(R.id.actionbar_notifcation_textview_type);
tv_type.setText(typeOutput);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
BadgeLayout is just a Relative layout for the Drawer I am using
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="500dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:paddingLeft="16dp"
android:paddingRight="16dp"
android:paddingTop="16dp" >
<!-- Menu Item Image -->
<!-- Badge Count -->
<TextView
android:id="@+id/actionbar_notifcation_textview_mode"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:background="#F60"
android:paddingRight="16dp"
android:paddingLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="15sp"
/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/actionbar_notifcation_textview_type"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/actionbar_notifcation_textview_mode"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:background="#09F"
android:paddingRight="16dp"
android:paddingLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="15sp"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
The highlighted line in the onCreateOptionsMenu is 345
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): java.lang.NullPointerException
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at com.MainActivity.onCreateOptionsMenu(MainActivity.java:345)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at android.app.Activity.onCreatePanelMenu(Activity.java:2504)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onCreatePanelMenu(FragmentActivity.java:224)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity.superOnCreatePanelMenu(ActionBarActivity.java:232)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegateICS.onCreatePanelMenu(ActionBarActivityDelegateICS.java:147)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity.onCreatePanelMenu(ActionBarActivity.java:199)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegateICS$WindowCallbackWrapper.onCreatePanelMenu(ActionBarActivityDelegateICS.java:285)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.preparePanel(PhoneWindow.java:413)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.doInvalidatePanelMenu(PhoneWindow.java:775)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$1.run(PhoneWindow.java:198)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:749)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:562)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:531)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:735)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:730)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5103)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:737)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
01-15 21:36:33.889: E/AndroidRuntime(5265): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
I can`t understand what it is about my Drawer handling and the addition of the Support.v7.actionbar could be causing this error ... any ideas ?
I tried putting a try catch around the offending line and it seems as if any reference to the drawer TextView findViewById(R.id.actionbar_notifcation_textview_type); generates this null pointer exception
I added the support.v7 as a library to my existing project , wonder if this is related ?
UPDATE:
I removed all references to the support.v7 ActionBar and changed back to the normal ActionBar and it all works fine. So changing causes this weird issue ....
