thanks for the quick replies, I did have a lingering layout-land
folder with a main.xml with generic buttons not the "howtoplay"
button.. i never gave this much thought because I have the layout set
to force portrait layout. ie. android:screenOrientation="portrait".. i
think this is where my problem lies, but why would it look for that
folder if i have it set to portrait.. thanks again for the replies and
insight

On Mar 14, 12:31 am, Brill Pappin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well its pretty clear from your stack trace and code that sometimes
> the howtoplayButton is null.
> If its working most of the time, are you sure you don't have multiple
> layouts of the same view?
> Double check that *all* versions of R.layout.main in your app contain
> the button.
>
> in fact, search for "howtoplayButton" in main.xml and see what you
> come up with... every one will need that button, or you need to handle
> cases when it doesn't.
>
> - Brill Pappin
>
> On Mar 13, 11:40 pm, acr <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > sorry for got to add this..
>
> > 53:    howtoplayButton.setOnClickListener(this);
>
> > this works on 99.9 percent of devices
>
> > here's a larger snippet:
> > @Override
> >         public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
> >                 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
> >                 setContentView(R.layout.main);
>
> >                 setVolumeControlStream(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
> >                 //Get Screen Width
> >                 Panel.screenWidth =
> > getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getWidth();
> >                 // Set up click listeners for all the buttons
> >                 //View continueButton = findViewById(R.id.continue_button);
> >                 //continueButton.setOnClickListener(this);
> >                 View newButton = findViewById(R.id.new_button);
> >                 newButton.setOnClickListener(this);
> >                 View aboutButton = findViewById(R.id.about_button);
> >                 aboutButton.setOnClickListener(this);
> >                 View howtoplayButton = findViewById(R.id.howtoplay_button);
> >                 howtoplayButton.setOnClickListener(this);
> >                 View exitButton = findViewById(R.id.exit_button);
> >                 exitButton.setOnClickListener(this);
> >                 View buyButton = findViewById(R.id.buy_full);
> >                 buyButton.setOnClickListener(this);
> >                 newButton.startAnimation(AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this,
> > R.anim.shake));
> > ......
>
> > On Mar 13, 11:30 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Given this:
>
> > > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at
> > > com.myco.myappfree.myapp.onCreate(myapp.java:53)
> > > at 
> > > android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
> > > at 
> > > android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2627)
>
> > > What is on line 53 of your app?
>
> > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 8:03 PM, acr <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > I have a relatively successful app in the android market that a very
> > > > small amount of users experience force close on start up of the app.
>
> > > > It is not happening on a specific device, im not sure if it's
> > > > something these users have installed that is interfering with the app.
> > > > I've tried to troubleshoot with a few users having the problem, but
> > > > cannot get to the bottom of it.
>
> > > > it happens on both rooted and non-rooted phones
>
> > > > I keep getting a NullPointerException for a small number of users who
> > > > use a variety of phones that normally work.
> > > > anyone know what may be causing this, or how to get around this? I
> > > > can't figure this one out and cannot replicate the problem, please
> > > > help.
>
> > > > below are the stack traces from the market (package name changed to
> > > > not spam the board)
>
> > > > java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity
> > > > ComponentInfo{com.myco.myappfree/com.myco.myappfree.myapp}:
> > > > java.lang.NullPointerException
> > > > at
> > > > android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:
> > > > 2663)
> > > > at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:
> > > > 2679)
> > > > at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:125)
> > > > at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:
> > > > 2033)
> > > > at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
> > > > at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
> > > > at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
> > > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
> > > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
> > > > at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit
> > > > $MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:858)
> > > > at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
> > > > at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
> > > > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
> > > > at com.myco.myappfree.myapp.onCreate(myapp.java:53)
> > > > at
> > > > android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:
> > > > 1047)
> > > > at
> > > > android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:
> > > > 2627)
> > > > ... 11 more
>
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