Android app unable to start activity componentinfo

android android-activity runtime-error
Slicekick picture Slicekick · Aug 1, 2011 · Viewed 260.8k times · Source

I'm a new Android programmer and recently, a lot of my projects have been getting this error:

07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start     

activity ComponentInfo{com.amrit.musifind/com.amrit.musifind.Main}: 

java.lang.NullPointerException

Can anyone help me solve this problem?

Here's the entire logcat stack trace:

07-31 23:45:18.512: INFO/ActivityManager(63): Starting activity: Intent {     
act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] flg=0x10200000   
cmp=com.amrit.musifind/.Main }
07-31 23:45:18.682: INFO/ActivityManager(63): Start proc com.amrit.musifind for activity   
com.amrit.musifind/.Main: pid=716 uid=10025 gids={3003}
07-31 23:45:18.962: INFO/jdwp(716): received file descriptor 20 from ADB
07-31 23:45:19.102: DEBUG/ddm-heap(716): Got feature list request
07-31 23:45:19.572: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(716): Shutting down VM
07-31 23:45:19.572: WARN/dalvikvm(716): threadid=3: thread exiting with uncaught   
exception (group=0x4001aa28)
07-31 23:45:19.572: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due 
to uncaught exception
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to    
start activity ComponentInfo{com.amrit.musifind/com.amrit.musifind.Main}:    
java.lang.NullPointerException
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at    
android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2401)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at    
android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2417)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at    
android.app.ActivityThread.access$2100(ActivityThread.java:116)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at   
android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1794)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at   
android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at       
android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at   
android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4203)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at    
java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at   
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at   
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:791)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at   
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:549)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at   
dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at   
com.amrit.musifind.Main.onCreate(Main.java:44)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at 
android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1123)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     at     
android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2364)
07-31 23:45:19.592: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(716):     ... 11 more
07-31 23:45:19.612: INFO/Process(63): Sending signal. PID: 716 SIG: 3
07-31 23:45:19.612: INFO/dalvikvm(716): threadid=7: reacting to signal 3
07-31 23:45:19.642: INFO/dalvikvm(716): Wrote stack trace to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
07-31 23:45:21.422: INFO/Process(716): Sending signal. PID: 716 SIG: 9
07-31 23:45:21.442: INFO/ActivityManager(63): Process com.amrit.musifind (pid 716) has   
died.
07-31 23:45:21.583: WARN/UsageStats(63): Unexpected resume of com.android.launcher while    
already resumed in com.amrit.musifind
07-31 23:45:21.712: WARN/InputManagerService(63): Window already focused, ignoring focus    
gain of: com.android.internal.view.IInputMethodClient$Stub$Proxy@439559d0
07-31 23:45:23.482: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(725): >>>>>>>>>>>>>> AndroidRuntime START    
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
07-31 23:45:23.482: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(725): CheckJNI is ON
07-31 23:45:23.812: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(725): --- registering native functions ---
07-31 23:45:23.832: INFO/jdwp(725): received file descriptor 20 from ADB
07-31 23:45:24.193: DEBUG/ddm-heap(725): Got feature list request
07-31 23:45:25.052: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(725): Shutting down VM
07-31 23:45:25.052: DEBUG/dalvikvm(725): DestroyJavaVM waiting for non-daemon threads to   
exit
07-31 23:45:25.062: DEBUG/dalvikvm(725): DestroyJavaVM shutting VM down
07-31 23:45:25.062: DEBUG/dalvikvm(725): HeapWorker thread shutting down
07-31 23:45:25.062: DEBUG/dalvikvm(725): HeapWorker thread has shut down
07-31 23:45:25.073: DEBUG/jdwp(725): JDWP shutting down net...
07-31 23:45:25.073: DEBUG/jdwp(725): +++ peer disconnected
07-31 23:45:25.073: INFO/dalvikvm(725): Debugger has detached; object registry had 1   
entries
07-31 23:45:25.093: DEBUG/dalvikvm(725): VM cleaning up
07-31 23:45:25.113: DEBUG/dalvikvm(725): LinearAlloc 0x0 used 665652 of 4194304 (15%)
07-31 23:47:22.712: DEBUG/dalvikvm(104): GC freed 9173 objects / 524184 bytes in 149ms

Heres the 1st activity: start.java

package com.amrit.musifind;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;

import com.amrit.musifind.R;

import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.ListAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.SimpleAdapter;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;

public abstract class start extends Activity implements OnClickListener {

Button buttonGo, buttonReset;
EditText EditTextinput;
String input = "";
String ur = "http://www.tastekid.com/ask/ws?q=";
String l = "&f=musifin2125&k=mjjlnzkyzwuz&format=JSON";
String url = "" ;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    buttonGo = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonGo);
    buttonReset = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonReset);

    EditTextinput = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.EditTextinput);

    //Button listener
    buttonReset.setOnClickListener(this);
    buttonGo.setOnClickListener(this);
}

public void onClick (View src){
    switch(src.getId()){
        case R.id.buttonGo:
            input = EditTextinput.getText().toString();
            url = ur + input + l  ;

            Intent Main = new Intent(this, ToClass.class);
            Main.putExtra("userurl", url);
            startActivity(Main);
            break;

        case R.id.buttonReset:
            EditTextinput.setText("");
            break;
        }
    }
}

The second activity: Main.java

package com.amrit.musifind;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

import com.amrit.musifind.JSONfunctions;
import com.amrit.musifind.R;

import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.ListAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.SimpleAdapter;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class Main extends ListActivity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.listplaceholder);

    Intent intent = getIntent();
    String url = intent.getExtras().getString("userurl");

    ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> mylist = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>    
    ();

    JSONObject json = JSONfunctions.getJSONfromURL(url);

    try{
        JSONObject earthquakes = json.getJSONObject("Similar");
        JSONArray info = earthquakes.getJSONArray("Results");

        for (int i = 0; i < info.length(); i++) {
            HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
            JSONObject e = info.getJSONObject(i);

            map.put("id", String.valueOf(i));
            map.put("name", "Name:" + e.getString("Name"));
            map.put("type", "Type: " + e.getString("Type"));
            mylist.add(map);
        }

        JSONArray  results = json.getJSONArray("Results");

        for(int i=0;i<results.length();i++){                        
            HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();    
            JSONObject e = results.getJSONObject(i);

            map.put("id",  String.valueOf(i));
            map.put("name", "Name:" + e.getString("name"));
            map.put("type", "Type: " +  e.getString("type"));
            mylist.add(map);            
        }       
    } catch(JSONException e) {
         Log.e("log_tag", "Error parsing data "+e.toString());
    }

    ListAdapter adapter = new SimpleAdapter(this, mylist , R.layout.main, 
         new String[] { "name", "type" }, 
         new int[] { R.id.item_title, R.id.item_subtitle });

    setListAdapter(adapter);

    final ListView lv = getListView();
    lv.setTextFilterEnabled(true);  
    lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {              
            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
            HashMap<String, String> o = (HashMap<String, String>) lv.getItemAtPosition(position);                   
            Toast.makeText(Main.this, "ID '" + o.get("id") + "' was clicked.", 
                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); 
            }
        });
    }
}

Lastly, my manifest file: AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.amrit.musifind"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0">
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" />

    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name=".start" android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.start" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity android:name= ".Main">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.Main" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

</manifest>

Any help is much appreciated, without solving this problem I can't test my app out!

Answer

Mircea Nistor picture Mircea Nistor · Aug 1, 2011

Your null pointer exception seems to be on this line:

String url = intent.getExtras().getString("userurl");

because intent.getExtras() returns null when the intent doesn't have any extras.

You have to realize that this piece of code:

Intent Main = new Intent(this, ToClass.class);
Main.putExtra("userurl", url);
startActivity(Main);

doesn't start the activity you wrote in Main.java, it will attempt to start an activity called ToClass and if that doesn't exist, your app crashes.

Also, there is no such thing as "android.intent.action.start" so the manifest should look more like:

<activity android:name=".start" android:label="@string/app_name">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name= ".Main">
</activity>

I hope this fixes some of the issues you are encountering but I strongly suggest you check out some "getting started" tutorials for android development and build up from there.

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