No, it means your variable lv is null.

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Victoria Busse
<victoriasarabu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The Logcat says that there is a 08-02 22:33:45.704:
> ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918): java.lang.NullPointerException
>                                               08-02 22:33:45.704:
> ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> com.mobilevideoeditor.moved.EditorView.onClick(EditorView.java:82), which
> is lv.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
> R.layout.specialeffectsview, specialEffects)); but this would mean that
> R.layout.specialeffectsview doesn't exist, or? And it definitely does (below
> is the code I use for the specialeffectsview.xml)
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/view_special_effects_list"
> android:layout_width="fill_parent"
> android:layout_height="fill_parent"
> xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";>
> <ListView android:id="@+id/special_effects_list"
> android:layout_height="wrap_content"
> android:layout_width="fill_parent"></ListView>
> </LinearLayout>
>
>
> This is the entire logcat output:
> 08-02 22:33:45.694: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918): Uncaught handler: thread
> main exiting due to uncaught exception
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> com.mobilevideoeditor.moved.EditorView.onClick(EditorView.java:82)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2364)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> android.view.View.onTouchEvent(View.java:4179)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> android.view.View.dispatchTouchEvent(View.java:3709)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:924)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:924)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:924)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:924)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:924)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.superDispatchTouchEvent(PhoneWindow.java:1695)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.superDispatchTouchEvent(PhoneWindow.java:1116)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> android.app.Activity.dispatchTouchEvent(Activity.java:2068)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.dispatchTouchEvent(PhoneWindow.java:1679)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1724)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4603)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:860)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:618)
> 08-02 22:33:45.704: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6918):     at
> dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
>
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
>>
>> If your error report is accurate, you are not setting lv to a value,
>> and so it is null.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 4:25 PM, kivy <victoriasarabu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I am trying to populate a ViewFlipper with a ListView when a certain
>> > button is clicked...but I only get a NullPointerException for
>> > lv.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
>> > R.layout.specialeffectsview, specialEffects));
>> >
>> > To be honest I don't really know how to do this, I just learned about
>> > the ViewFlipper today and I haven't fully understood how to use it
>> > yet. If anyone could help me find how what I have done wrong, that
>> > would be great.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > Here is the code I use:
>> >
>> > public void onClick(View v){
>> >                        if (v == btnExposure){
>> >
>> >                                mFlipper.setDisplayedChild(0);
>> >
>> >                        }
>> >                        else if (v == btnProperties){
>> >                                mFlipper.setDisplayedChild(1);
>> >                        }
>> >
>> >                        else if (v == btnSpecialEffects){
>> >                                mFlipper.setDisplayedChild(2);
>> >                                String[] specialEffects =
>> > getResources().getStringArray(R.array.special_effects_array);
>> >                        lv.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
>> > R.layout.specialeffectsview, specialEffects));
>> >                        lv.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_SINGLE);
>> >                        }
>> >
>> >                }
>> >
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