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whenever I try to get .tag() My App Crashes. It's been a while and , i can't solve the problem....

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    public void translateFrench(View view){

        Button button = (Button) view;

        Log.i("Nothing", button.getTag().toString());
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    }
}

XML:

<android.support.v7.widget.GridLayout
    android:layout_width="368dp"
    android:layout_height="495dp"
    android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
    android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
    android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
    app:columnCount="2"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
    app:rowCount="4">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:text="Do you speak \nEnglish?"
        app:layout_columnWeight="1"
        app:layout_gravity="fill"
        app:layout_rowWeight="1"
        android:onClick="translateFrench"/>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:text="Good Evening"
        app:layout_columnWeight="1"
        app:layout_gravity="fill"
        app:layout_rowWeight="1"
        android:onClick="translateFrench"/>

 </android.support.v7.widget.GridLayout>

Error Log:

Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String java.lang.Object.toString()' on a null object reference at

1 Answers1

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you need to call setTag() before getTag() I think you can find useful information at this post

What is the main purpose of setTag() getTag() methods of View?