Glancing through this thread, I can see it has been a frustrating experience for both of you. So I feel a little sheeping about asking for more details, yet it must be done, so I have to ask: where are you seeing these errors? More specifically, which error messages are you referring to? The same Null Pointer Exception the OP referred to at first, or are you referring to the little red 'x' marks the Eclipse UI puts up whenever it THINKS you have an error?
The reason I ask is because what you so briefly describe does not sound like the same thing the OP originally described: it sounds rather like what I used to see all the time, that Eclipse trips over its own two left feet trying to print error messages to the log as it stubbornly tries to interpret the XML code I haven't finished typing yet. If that is what you are seeing, there are two workarounds: 1) get at least 3G of RAM on your machine, so that Eclipse can waste cycles with these error messages and still have some to spare or 2) turn off the automatic build feature, so that it interprets it only when you say it is ready to be interpreted. Before I upgraded to 3G of RAM, I was turning the automatic build feature on and off to get around the things that don't work right in either state:( Sometimes, Eclipse fails to detect the need to rebuild the R.java file, which failure is much more rare when automatic build is turned on. BTW: I would definitely go ahead and load the code for all the different version targets. If you do get to the point of doing production code, you really do want to test it on all versions from at least 1.6 through 2.1. You really should do 1.5 through 2.2, since 2.2 is likely to prove the latest version until 3.0 is released (no sooner than October), and about 20%-30% of the phones out there are still 1.5. On Jul 7, 5:49 am, Matthew <[email protected]> wrote: > I also get this problem. > Even just editing the xml by hand using the xml tab I get errors for > every letter I type. It does still let me save and it does compile > successfully. I'm also on Windows 7 64bit > > On Jul 1, 4:38 am, Zigurd <[email protected]> wrote:> Does your > question 1 refer to the step in installation where you use > > the AVD and SDK Manager to install build target packages? If so, you > > can choose to install all of them without using up too much space on a > > big machine. If you install all of the build targets you will be sure > > to be compatible with example code that is set up for various API > > levels. > > > A null pointer exception reported in Eclipse that occurs in an Android > > XML editor usually means the visual editor could not interpret or > > create the XML correctly. The most common case I see that is > > attempting to use a layout editor where a View class has been > > subclassed and the subclass name is used in the layout - the layout > > editor can't handle that. So I suspect you have encountered something > > similar. Edit the XML "by hand" - switch to the xml view using the > > tabs at the bottom of the editor pane - and make sure that there are > > no errors in the XML file. > > > On Jun 30, 10:01 am, Albion <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've been following the tutorial at this > > > page...http://www.vogella.de/articles/Android/article.html > > > > I had originally sent an e-mail to the author of the tutorial who > > > promptly told me that I shouldn't e-mail him about his tutorial, but > > > should ask this group instead. Below is a copy of the e-mail I sent > > > him, I am hoping someone here can help. > > > > -- > > > > I am running Windows 7 Business x64 with the latest Microsoft > > > updates. Eclipse Helios Build: 20100617-1415 (IDE for Java > > > Developers), Android SDK r06, Android Developer Tools > > > 0.9.7.v201005071157-36220, Java JDK 6 update 20. All on a Quad core > > > E5345 with 8gig of RAM and lots and lots of hard drive space (space > > > isn't an issue). > > > > 1) In Section 2.3 under "Select available packages and select the > > > latest version of the SDK." your tutorial tells me to select all of > > > the Android 2.2 packages. What if I only want to code in Android > > > 1.6? Will I also need to get the 1.6 packages? The same for 2.1? > > > > 2) In section 4.3 you tell me to open strings.xml under res/values. > > > When I select the resource tab for strings.xml there is nothing listed > > > under Resource Elements, where you say I should see "hello (String)" > > > and "app_name (String)". When I try to add an element or do anything > > > else with the elements listed I get an error: "An error has > > > occurred. See error log for more details. > > > java.lang.NullPointerException." Even when I select the strings.xml > > > tab next to the resource tab and try to manually change the text, for > > > each character I type I get the same error. Google has turned up > > > nothing for that error on Eclipse with Android. I've tried completely > > > removing and reinstalling Eclipse and Android SDK, making sure I > > > followed your tutorial for both Eclipse install and Android install > > > much much closer. When I got back to the point of section 4.3 I got > > > the same errors. > > > > All in all I tried reinstalling both Eclipse and Android SDK 3 times, > > > following your tutorial closer each time, with the same result. Any > > > ideas what I may be doing wrong? > > > > I really appreciate the tutorial and your help. Thanks > > > > -- > > > > -Craig > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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