Just found it. Looks like I was using the old ID notation in the layout xml. I had
id="@+id/entry" when I needed android:id="@+id/entry" On Jan 13, 9:43 pm, steve_macleod <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks like > > mTa.setText(mTxt); > > is generating the NullPointerException because the line > > mTa = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.entry); > > is not returning a reference to the TextView. This component is in the > layout XML, and has an ID assigned (I can see it on the R.java file). > Can you think of any reason this would return null? > > thanks > > On Jan 13, 9:12 pm, steve_macleod <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Ok, I removed the second argument, and tried again, same error. The > > console provides the following: > > > 01-13 21:09:27.015: INFO/ActivityManager(51): Displayed activity > > com.android.hello/.HelloAndroid: 948 ms > > 01-13 21:09:29.735: WARN/KeyCharacterMap(429): No keyboard for id 0 > > 01-13 21:09:29.735: WARN/KeyCharacterMap(429): Using default keymap: / > > system/usr/keychars/qwerty.kcm.bin > > 01-13 21:09:29.956: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(429): Shutting down VM > > 01-13 21:09:29.966: WARN/dalvikvm(429): threadid=3: thread exiting > > with uncaught exception (group=0x40010e28) > > 01-13 21:09:29.976: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): Uncaught handler: > > thread main exiting due to uncaught exception > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): at > > com.android.hello.HelloAndroid.onKeyUp(HelloAndroid.java:32) > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): at > > android.view.KeyEvent.dispatch(KeyEvent.java:720) > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): at > > android.app.Activity.dispatchKeyEvent(Activity.java:1859) > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): at > > com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.dispatchKeyEvent > > (PhoneWindow.java:1528) > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): at > > android.view.ViewRoot.deliverKeyEvent(ViewRoot.java:1616) > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): at > > android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1114) > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): at > > android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:88) > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): at > > android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): at > > android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3742) > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): at > > java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): at > > java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515) > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): at > > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run > > (ZygoteInit.java:739) > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): at > > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:497) > > 01-13 21:09:29.995: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(429): at > > dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) > > 01-13 21:09:30.017: INFO/Process(51): Sending signal. PID: 429 SIG: 3 > > 01-13 21:09:30.036: INFO/dalvikvm(429): threadid=7: reacting to signal > > 3 > > 01-13 21:09:30.085: INFO/dalvikvm(429): Wrote stack trace to '/data/ > > anr/traces.txt' > > 01-13 21:09:32.126: DEBUG/dalvikvm(90): GC freed 2152 objects / 132888 > > bytes in 95ms > > 01-13 21:09:33.446: INFO/Process(429): Sending signal. PID: 429 SIG: 9 > > 01-13 21:09:33.475: INFO/ActivityManager(51): Process > > com.android.hello (pid 429) has died. > > 01-13 21:09:33.527: INFO/WindowManager(51): WIN DEATH: Window{4345a460 > > com.android.hello/com.android.hello.HelloAndroid} > > > On Jan 12, 2:13 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > steve_macleod wrote: > > > > Ok thanks for this. I will look into these. > > > > > Do you have any idea why its crashing on this line? > > > > > mTa.setText(mTxt, TextView.BufferType.EDITABLE); > > > > I was hoping your error log would give you (and/or me) a clue. > > > > You do not need the second parameter, so try it with just the first. > > > > If that does not clear up your problem, then please review your error log. > > > > -- > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Published!- > > > Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
