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Android Android Lists and Adapters (2015) Using Parcelable Data Retrieving Parcelable Data

Yet another null pointer exception - DayAdapter ConvertView is null

Like a lot of ppl i'm getting a null pointer exception when I click DAILY. It errors on line 49 of Day adapter which is

convertView = LayoutInflater.from(mContext).inflate(R.layout.daily_list_item, null);

which is the same as in the package files. i ran the debugger and all i found out was what I already knew, that the convertView was coming up null. here's my DayAdapter, let me know if theres any other info that could be valuable.

package com.example.paxie.stormy.Adapters;

import android.content.Context;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.example.paxie.stormy.R;
import com.example.paxie.stormy.weather.Day;

/**
 * Created by paxie on 9/17/15.
 */
public class DayAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

private Context mContext;
private Day[] mDays;

public DayAdapter(Context context, Day[] days) {

    mDays = days;

}

@Override
public int getCount() {
    return mDays.length;
}

@Override
public Object getItem(int position) {
    return mDays[position];
}

@Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
    return 0; //we aren't going to use this.  tag items for easy reference
}

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    ViewHolder holder;

    if (convertView == null) {
        //brand new
        convertView = LayoutInflater.from(mContext).inflate(R.layout.daily_list_item, null);
        holder = new ViewHolder();
        holder.iconImageView = (ImageView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.iconImageView);
        holder.temperatureLabel = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.temperatureLabel);
        holder.dayLabel = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.dayNameLabel);

        convertView.setTag(holder);
    }

    else {
        holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();

    }
    Day day = mDays[position];

    holder.iconImageView.setImageResource(day.getIconId());

    holder.temperatureLabel.setText(day.getTemperatureMax() + "");

    holder.dayLabel.setText(day.getDayOfTheWeek());

    return null;
}

private static class ViewHolder {
    ImageView iconImageView; //public by default
    TextView temperatureLabel;
    TextView dayLabel;

}



}

4 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

You're forgetting to set mContext in the constructor, which will cause LayoutInflater.from(mContext) to throw a NullPointerExecption.

i have

private Context mContext;

at the top. is there someone else it needs referenced?

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
public DayAdapter(Context context, Day[] days) {
    mContext = context; // <--needs to be set here.
    mDays = days;

}

i see now. i made that change and am getting a new error though

10-14 15:48:22.018 1040-1040/com.example.paxie.stormy E/AndroidRuntime: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'int android.view.View.getImportantForAccessibility()' on a null object reference

ok nvm figured that one out. had to change return null to return convertView. Thank you!