[SOLVED] Attempt to invoke interface method on a null object reference finishComposingText()

Attempt to invoke interface method on a null object reference finishComposingText()

I am running robotium on a nexus 6 and getting the following error

 java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method      'boolean android.view.inputmethod.InputConnection.finishComposingText()' on      a null object reference
 at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.finishComposingText(InputConnectionWrapper.java:78)
 at android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager.reportFinishInputConnection(InputMethodManager.java:859)
 at android.view.ViewRootImpl$ViewRootHandler.handleMessage(ViewRootImpl.java:3253)
 at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
 at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
 at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899)
 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)

The line in question is:

     solo.enterText((android.widget.EditText) solo.getView("amount"), "11.11");

I have verified that the field exists, not sure what else could be causing the problem. Any help would be appreciated

Solution

It looks like you getting wrong EditText since you confirmed that returned instance is EditText.

android.widget.EditText editText= (android.widget.EditText)solo.getView("amount");
// validate here that you got right text by any method, for example getText()
solo.enterText(editText, "11.11");

and if this one doesn't work you can use direct access without solo:

editText.setText("11.11");