Where exactly does the NullPointerException happen?
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On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Stu <stuart.gilb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I seem to be struggling with the concept of Context in Android
> when dealing with the application preferences.
>
> I have an application with a few different classes. I need to be able
> to get the value of one of the preferences from a class that is not my
> main class, but I can't seem to get it working at all.
>
> I get a NullPointerException with the following (as well as about a
> hundred other variations):
>
> final SharedPreferences prefs =
> PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getApplicationContext());
> final boolean increasing = prefs.getBoolean("preference_name",
> false);
>
> Am I doing something completely stupid? Is there some useful reading I
> can do on Context to see what I'm doing wrong? Is there an example app
> that anyone can think of that might be helpful? I've searched Google
> and Google Code a few times and I keep finding different things that
> are related, but not the same.
>
> I'm about ready to tear my hair out and cry myself to sleep at this
> point. :(
>
> I really appreciate any pointers.
>
> Regards,
> Stuart.
>
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