makes perfect sense, thank you so much for the help On Mar 14, 1:41 am, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Screen orientation is global; there can be various ways in which an activity > can run briefly in an orientation it doesn't request. A big example: if the > device has a lock screen that forces a particular orientation (it is common > on phones to force portrait), then when the device locks that will take > charge of the screen orientation and force it into the mode it wants despite > your wishes. > > > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:49 PM, acr <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en > > > > > > -- > > > > > Dianne Hackborn > > > > > Android framework engineer > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > > to > > > > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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