Attempt to invoke virtual method Spinner.setAdapter(SpinnerAdapter) on a null object reference

Question

FirstI'm trying to display the spinner into a dialog, I'm calling the data from database into ArrayList via getData object and everything is working fine but in the last step I got the above error when I tried to assign the adapter to the spinner and here is my code :

    public class ViewDialogCities {
    public void showDialog(int layoutID , Activity activity){

        final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(activity);
        dialog.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        dialog.setCancelable(false);
        dialog.setContentView(layoutID);
        Button OkButton =  dialog.findViewById(R.id.btn_dialog_ddl_ok);
        Button CloseDialogButton =  dialog.findViewById(R.id.btn_dialog_ddl_cancel);
        Spinner spn_ddl_dialog_list = findViewById(R.id.spn_ddl_dialog_list);


        //Define data object
        final GetData getData = new GetData();
        ArrayList<String> getListOf;


        //Retrieve data from data object and store it an ArrayList
        getListOf = getData.getListOf("R");

        //ArrayList to ArrayAdapter
        ArrayAdapter<String> arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter
                ( HomeActivity.this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, getListOf);

        arrayAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);

        // Assign ArrayAdapter to spinner
        spn_ddl_dialog_list.setAdapter(arrayAdapter);

        CloseDialogButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                dialog.dismiss();
            }
        });

        OkButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {

            }
        });

        dialog.show();
    }
}

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/218384/what-is-a-nullpointerexception-and-how-do-i-fix-it — ADM, Mar 01 '18 at 11:27
Use it like `Spinner spn_ddl_dialog_list = dialog.findViewById(R.id.spn_ddl_dialog_list);` — ADM, Mar 01 '18 at 11:27

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '18 at 11:30

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you are getting null in getListOf. Make sure that the list is not null. also use like this.

Spinner spn_ddl_dialog_list = dialog.findViewById(R.id.spn_ddl_dialog_list);

answered Mar 01 '18 at 11:30

jake oliver

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 01 '18 at 11:31

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Spinner that you created is the view of the dialog.

so try this ,

Spinner spn_ddl_dialog_list = dialog .findViewById(R.id.spn_ddl_dialog_list);

in this the spinner will be refrenced by spinner view .

edited Mar 01 '18 at 11:31

ADM

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answered Mar 01 '18 at 11:30

hamza khan

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Attempt to invoke virtual method Spinner.setAdapter(SpinnerAdapter) on a null object reference

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