androidmysqlsimpleadapter

SimpleAdapter crashes every second launch time


I have a SimpleAdapter with filtering inputSearch and clickable items (which I get from MySQL database).

Sometimes when I lunch my project there is an error:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.brzozowski.marcin.inzynierka/com.brzozowski.marcin.inzynierka.activities.ChooseGroupActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.widget.Filter android.widget.SimpleAdapter.getFilter()' on a null object reference
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2325)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleRelaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3947)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:151)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1309)
                  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254)
                  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:903)
                  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698)
               Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.widget.Filter android.widget.SimpleAdapter.getFilter()' on a null object reference
                  at com.brzozowski.marcin.inzynierka.activities.ChooseGroupActivity$2.onTextChanged(ChooseGroupActivity.java:103)
                  at android.widget.TextView.sendOnTextChanged(TextView.java:7679)
                  at android.widget.TextView.setText(TextView.java:4060)
                  at android.widget.TextView.setText(TextView.java:3915)
                  at android.widget.EditText.setText(EditText.java:85)
                  at android.widget.TextView.setText(TextView.java:3890)
                  at android.widget.TextView.onRestoreInstanceState(TextView.java:3790)
                  at android.view.View.dispatchRestoreInstanceState(View.java:13740)
                  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchRestoreInstanceState(ViewGroup.java:2893)
                  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchRestoreInstanceState(ViewGroup.java:2893)
                  at android.view.View.restoreHierarchyState(View.java:13718)
                  at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.restoreHierarchyState(PhoneWindow.java:2009)
                  at android.app.Activity.onRestoreInstanceState(Activity.java:1023)
                  at android.app.ListActivity.onRestoreInstanceState(ListActivity.java:219)
                  at android.app.Activity.performRestoreInstanceState(Activity.java:978)
                  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnRestoreInstanceState(Instrumentation.java:1162)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2298)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387) 
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleRelaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3947) 
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:151) 
                  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1309) 
                  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
                  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135) 
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254) 
                  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:903) 
                  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698) 

When I launch the application next time, its ok. So the error occurs every second launch.


Solution

  • Remove simpleAdapter initialization from onResume. In your onCreate

    @Override
        protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
            initAdapter();
    
    }
    private void initAdapter(){
            simpleAdapter = new SimpleAdapter(this, employeeList,
            android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
            new String[] { "groups" }, new int[] { android.R.id.text1 });
            listView.setAdapter(simpleAdapter);}
    
    @Override
    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) { 
     if(simpleAdapter == null){
        initAdapter();
    }
    simpleAdapter.getFilter().filter(s);
           }