Hi I am encountering a null pointer error when I click on the activity Links. The purpose of my feature is to call a list of links in the form of list view. Below is the logcat and as far as I understand it is coming from my onItemClickListener, but I can't seem to point out the null error.:
sitesList.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener()
Links.java
package com.example.sgrecipe;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
import android.net.NetworkInfo;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.ListView;
public class Links extends Activity {
private SitesAdapter mAdapter;
private ListView sitesList;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
Log.i("StackSites", "OnCreate()");
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
//Get reference to our ListView
sitesList = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.sitesList);
//Set the click listener to launch the browser when a row is clicked.
sitesList.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View v, int pos,long id) {
String url = mAdapter.getItem(pos).getLink();
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
i.setData(Uri.parse(url));
startActivity(i);
}
});
/*
* If network is available download the xml from the Internet.
* If not then try to use the local file from last time.
*/
if(isNetworkAvailable()){
Log.i("StackSites", "starting download Task");
SitesDownloadTask download = new SitesDownloadTask();
download.execute();
}else{
mAdapter = new SitesAdapter(getApplicationContext(), -1, SitesXmlPullParser.getStackSitesFromFile(Links.this));
sitesList.setAdapter(mAdapter);
}
}
//Helper method to determine if Internet connection is available.
private boolean isNetworkAvailable() {
ConnectivityManager connectivityManager
= (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
NetworkInfo activeNetworkInfo = connectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo();
return activeNetworkInfo != null && activeNetworkInfo.isConnected();
}
/*
* AsyncTask that will download the xml file for us and store it locally.
* After the download is done we'll parse the local file.
*/
private class SitesDownloadTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>{
@Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... arg0) {
//Download the file
try {
Downloader.DownloadFromUrl("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5724095/XmlParseExample/stacksites.xml", openFileOutput("StackSites.xml", Context.MODE_PRIVATE));
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result){
//setup our Adapter and set it to the ListView.
mAdapter = new SitesAdapter(Links.this, -1, SitesXmlPullParser.getStackSitesFromFile(Links.this));
sitesList.setAdapter(mAdapter);
Log.i("StackSites", "adapter size = "+ mAdapter.getCount());
}
}
}
activity_links.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".Links" >
<ListView
android:id="@+id/sitesList"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</RelativeLayout>
row_site.xml (for the listview)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dp" >
<ProgressBar
android:id="@+id/progress"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/iconImg"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:layout_marginRight="8dp" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/nameTxt"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="@id/iconImg"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/aboutTxt"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="@id/iconImg"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:layout_below="@id/nameTxt"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Here is the logcat:
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): Process: com.example.sgrecipe, PID: 8201
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.sgrecipe/com.example.sgrecipe.Links}: java.lang.NullPointerException
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2292)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2350)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:163)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1257)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:157)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5335)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1265)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1081)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at com.example.sgrecipe.Links.onCreate(Links.java:36)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5389)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1105)
02-23 15:13:10.856: E/AndroidRuntime(8201): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2256)
Any help is really appreciate, thank you!
