Navigation Drawer Null Pointer Exception in Android

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Getting a null pointer Exception in Android posting my code below with the screenshot of logcat (error) MainActivity.java

package com.example.wabco;

import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.FragmentManager;
import android.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    // Within which the entire activity is enclosed
    private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;

    // ListView represents Navigation Drawer
    private ListView mDrawerList;

    // ActionBarDrawerToggle indicates the presence of Navigation Drawer in the action bar
    private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;

    // Title of the action bar
    private String mTitle = "";

    @SuppressLint("NewApi")
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        mTitle = "JAVATECHIG.COM";
        getActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);

        // Getting reference to the DrawerLayout
        mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);

        mDrawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.drawer_list);

        // Getting reference to the ActionBarDrawerToggle
        mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawerLayout,
                R.drawable.ic_drawer, R.string.drawer_open,
                R.string.drawer_close) {

            /** Called when drawer is closed */
            public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {

                getActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
                invalidateOptionsMenu();

            }

            /** Called when a drawer is opened */
            public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
                getActionBar().setTitle("JAVATECHIG.COM");
                invalidateOptionsMenu();
            }

        };

        // Setting DrawerToggle on DrawerLayout
        mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);

        // Creating an ArrayAdapter to add items to the listview mDrawerList
        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getBaseContext(), 
                R.layout.drawer_list_item, getResources().getStringArray(R.array.menus));

        // Setting the adapter on mDrawerList
        mDrawerList.setAdapter(adapter);

        // Enabling Home button
        getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);

        // Enabling Up navigation
        getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);

        // Setting item click listener for the listview mDrawerList
        mDrawerList.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
                    int position, long id) {

                // Getting an array of rivers
                String[] menuItems = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.menus);

                // Currently selected river
                mTitle = menuItems[position];

                // Creating a fragment object
                WebViewFragment rFragment = new WebViewFragment();

                // Passing selected item information to fragment
                Bundle data = new Bundle();
                data.putInt("position", position);
                data.putString("url", getUrl(position));
                rFragment.setArguments(data);


                // Getting reference to the FragmentManager
                FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();

                // Creating a fragment transaction
                FragmentTransaction ft = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();

                // Adding a fragment to the fragment transaction
                ft.replace(R.id.content_frame, rFragment);

                // Committing the transaction
                ft.commit();

                // Closing the drawer
                mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList);

            }
        });
    }

    protected String getUrl(int position) {
        switch (position) {
        case 0:
            return "http://javatechig.com";
        case 1:
            return "http://javatechig.com/category/android/";
        case 2:
            return "http://javatechig.com/category/blackberry/";
        case 3:
            return "http://javatechig.com/category/j2me/";
        case 4:
            return "http://javatechig.com/category/sencha-touch/";
        case 5:
            return "http://javatechig.com/category/phonegap/";
        case 6:
            return "http://javatechig.com/category/java/";
        default:
            return "http://javatechig.com";
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
        mDrawerToggle.syncState();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
            return true;
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

    /** Called whenever we call invalidateOptionsMenu() */
    @Override
    public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // If the drawer is open, hide action items related to the content view
        boolean drawerOpen = mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList);

        menu.findItem(R.id.action_settings).setVisible(!drawerOpen);
        return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }
}

Adding layouts and menu code activity_main.xml

 <android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" >

        <!-- The main content view -->

        <FrameLayout
            android:id="@+id/content_frame"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent" />
        <!-- The navigation drawer -->

        <ListView
            android:id="@+id/drawer_list"
            android:layout_width="240dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_gravity="start"
            android:background="#111"
            android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
            android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
            android:dividerHeight="0dp" />

    </android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

drawer_list_item.xml

 <TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:id="@android:id/text1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="?android:attr/activatedBackgroundIndicator"
        android:gravity="center_vertical"
        android:minHeight="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeightSmall"
        android:paddingLeft="16dp"
        android:paddingRight="16dp"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceListItemSmall"
        android:textColor="#fff" />

fragment_layout.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <WebView
        android:id="@+id/webView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />

</LinearLayout>

menu main.xml

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    tools:context="com.example.wabco.MainActivity" >

    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_settings"
        android:orderInCategory="100"
        android:title="@string/action_settings"
        app:showAsAction="ifRoom"/>

</menu>

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have you tried by extending ActionBarActivity instead of Activity ? — ρяσѕρєя K
– ρяσѕρєя K, Commented Jan 10, 2015 at 6:17
Try changing getActionBar().setTitle(mTitle); with getSupportActionBar().setTitle(mTitle); — Rohit5k2
– Rohit5k2, Commented Jan 10, 2015 at 6:18
if i change with getSupportActionBar i am getting an error The method getSupportActionBar() is undefined for the type MainActivity. — Jayakarthik Ganesan
– Jayakarthik Ganesan, Commented Jan 10, 2015 at 6:25
You should extend ActionBarActivity as @ρяσѕρєяK said. — Rohit5k2
– Rohit5k2, Commented Jan 10, 2015 at 6:25
For future posting you should just copy the error logcat output and paste them instead of screenshot of your logcat output. — Neoh
– Neoh, Commented Jan 10, 2015 at 6:37

Moses · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-02 10:27:24Z

1

Make below mentioned changes to the above code and it works without any error,

MainActivity extends "Activity" to "ActionBarActivity".
All"getActionBar()" to "getSupportActionBar()"

Note: import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity

answered Feb 2, 2015 at 10:27

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