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Width of ImageView still 0 in onResume?

I have a TextView and ImageView which should stretch over the available width:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="TextView" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</LinearLayout>
I am trying to get the width of the imgageview to fill it with the optimal sized image. But it is 0, also in onResume.
The activity and fragment:
package com.example.getmap;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment()).commit();
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
/**
* A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
*/
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
public PlaceholderFragment() {
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container,
false);
TextView text = (TextView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.textView1);
text.setText("This is just some text\nin two lines");
ImageView map = (ImageView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
int mMeasuredWidth = map.getMeasuredWidth();
int mWidth = map.getWidth();
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "width: " + mWidth + "\nmMeasuredWidth: " + mMeasuredWidth , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return rootView;
}
}
}
I tried to use OnGlobalLayoutListener, but that does not work, because I have several instances of this fragment.
Any advice?
Solution:
Finally I got it resolved with:
text.measure(MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);

Android findViewById is returning Null in Eclipse generated project

I created a new Android project in Eclipse with one Blank Activity. In the fragment, I added a TextView called textHello. All I want to do for this test is to modify textHello's text value. But I'm my findViewById is giving me null.
Here is the fragment code:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="com.example.gcuitest.MainActivity$PlaceholderFragment" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textHello"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/hello_world" />
</RelativeLayout>
Here is the MainActivity.java
package com.example.gcuitest;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ActionBar;
import android.app.Fragment;
import android.app.FragmentManager;
import android.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Build;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private TextView helloText;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
//getFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
// .add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment()).commit();
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
fragmentTransaction.add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment());
fragmentTransaction.commit();
}
helloText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textHello);
helloText.setText("Gerard");
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
/**
* A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
*/
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
public PlaceholderFragment() {
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container,
false);
return rootView;
}
}
}
Why is findViewById giving me null? Is it in the right place? I've looked at other code samples, and they place findViewById in onCreate, after setContentView, which is what this does. What did I miss? Thanks.

Why is findViewById giving me null?
Because textHello TextView is inside PlaceholderFragment layout instead of Activity which is activity_main.
if you want to access TextView from Fragment layout then use onCreateView as :
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_layout, container, false);
helloText = (TextView)view. findViewById(R.id.textHello);
helloText.setText("Gerard");
return view;
}

Android app stop when is being to run

I'm new to android and java. this is my first app. an example of a book. I did all steps according the book. the app is going to increase the number by click on + button
this is my Java file :
package com.example.myprayercounter;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Build;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
//
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment()).commit();
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
/**
* A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
*/
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
int counter;
TextView tView;
Button btn;
public PlaceholderFragment() {}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
counter = 0;
tView = (TextView)getActivity().findViewById(R.id.txt_textTwo);
btn = (Button)getActivity().findViewById(R.id.btn_buttonOne);
btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
counter++;
tView.setText(" " + counter);
}
});
return rootView;
}
}
}
xml file :
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/LinearLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#fbfbdd"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="com.example.myprayercounter.MainActivity$PlaceholderFragment" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_textOne"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="تعداد ذکرهای من"
android:textColor="#763f05"
android:textSize="20dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_textTwo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="0"
android:textColor="#763f05"
android:textSize="40dp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_buttonOne"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#763f05"
android:text="+"
android:textColor="#fbfbdd"
android:textSize="40dp" />
</LinearLayout>
I got this error at first run of the app :
What is my mistakes? and how i can fix them?
Thanks in advance

change:
tView = (TextView)getActivity().findViewById(R.id.txt_textTwo);
btn = (Button)getActivity().findViewById(R.id.btn_buttonOne);
to ( getActivity() --> rootView)
tView = (TextView)rootView.findViewById(R.id.txt_textTwo);
btn = (Button)rootView.findViewById(R.id.btn_buttonOne);
in PlaceholderFragment, your View is rootView and you need find your view from that

get null pointer error when trying to getText

I am new to Android, so please forgive my ignorance. I have tried searching the forums, but haven't been able to find anything to get this to work. I am trying to use .getText().toString() (see below), but get a java.lang.NullPointerException error. I changed my setContentView so that it would look at the fragment_main.xml, but still returns a null for my different components. The goal of this is very simple, just to change the text on the TextView, since I am just getting started. Any help would be appreciated.
package com.example.app;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.os.Build;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.fragment_main);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment())
.commit();
}
Button changeTxt = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnChangeText);
final TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txtMessage);
changeTxt.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
String text = textView.getText().toString();
if (text.contains("World")) {
textView.setText("Hello Android!");
}
else {
textView.setText(("Hello World!"));
}
}
});
}
public void onStart(){
super.onStart();
}
public void onResume(){
super.onResume();
}
public void onPause(){
super.onPause();
}
public void onStop(){
super.onStop();
}
public void onDestroy(){
super.onDestroy();
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
/**
* A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
*/
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
public PlaceholderFragment() {
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
return rootView;
}
}
}
Here is the xml:
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:text="Large Text"
android:id="#+id/txtMessage"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Change Text"
android:id="#+id/btnChangeText"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" />
</LinearLayout>
Fllo, updated code:
XML fragment_main.xml
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:text="Large Text"
android:id="#+id/txtMessage1"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Change Text"
android:id="#+id/btnChangeText1"
android:layout_gravity="center" />
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
main activity
package com.example.app;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.os.Build;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.fragment_main);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment())
.commit();
}
}
public void onStart(){
super.onStart();
}
public void onResume(){
super.onResume();
}
public void onPause(){
super.onPause();
}
public void onStop(){
super.onStop();
}
public void onDestroy(){
super.onDestroy();
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
/**
* A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
*/
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
public PlaceholderFragment() {
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
Button changeTxt = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnChangeText);
final TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txtMessage);
changeTxt.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view)
{
String text = textView.getText().toString();
if (text.contains("World"))
{
textView.setText("Hello Android!");
}
else
{
textView.setText(("Hello World!"));
}
}
});
return rootView;
}
}
}

The NullPointerException occurs because, it seems that you have the same layout for your Activity and your Fragment:
// Activity
setContentView(R.layout.fragment_main);
// Fragment
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
return rootView;
You need to check if your views (TextView & Button) are in the right layout and not into aonther (I guess activity_main).
Two solutions:
Copy/past your views inside fragment_main to activity_main and change setContentView(R.layout.activity_main).
Or let your views inside fragment_main and use the following code to find your view inside your Fragment, as follows:
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
Button changeTxt = (Button) rootView.findViewById(R.id.btnChangeText);
final TextView textView = (TextView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.txtMessage);
changeTxt.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
String text = textView.getText().toString();
if (text.contains("World")) {
textView.setText("Hello Android!");
}
else {
textView.setText(("Hello World!"));
}
}
});
return rootView;
}
Hope this helps.
UPDATE:
1 . Remove your FrameLayout inside fragment_main. Create a new layout named activity_main and add the FrameLayout into it (with an id) as:
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/container" />
2 . Set this layout in onCreate method into your Activity like:
// onCreate method Activity
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
3 . Then, remove static in your Fragment declaration, this should be:
public class PlaceholderFragment ... { }
4 . Finally, when you try to find ids elements inside onCreateView method, you ALWAYS MUST to use the inflated view as:
rootView.findViewById(R.id.some_id_example);
Voila! This should work now.

Android app error "Unfortunately the app is stopped"

I am using Android studio for android development.I am creating onclick button activity.I am getting no errors but when I click the button on the app it shows "Unfortunately the app has stopped."
Below is my code for fragment_main.xml and MainActivity.java.
Please guide.
fragment_main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity$PlaceholderFragment">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/texthaiku"
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/editText"
android:onClick="OnLoveButtonClicked"/>
<TextView
android:text="#string/haiku"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/textView"
android:layout_below="#+id/button"
android:visibility="invisible"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginTop="33dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
MainActivity.java
package com.AndroidLove;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.os.Build;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment())
.commit();
}
}
public void onLoveButtonClicked(View view) {
TextView textView =(TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView);
textView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_settings:
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
/**
* A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
*/
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
public PlaceholderFragment() {
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
return rootView;
}
}
}

Try this..
It'll give NPE because textView is inside fragment_main.xml then your initilize that textview inside click function that's wrong . use that textView in global
TextView textView;
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
textView =(TextView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.textView);
return rootView;
}
and
public void onLoveButtonClicked(View view) {
textView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}

where did you create container, in xml which you have shown i don't see any container layout.
without R.id.container

you have not initialized your TextView on onCreateView()
so add this line on onCreateView()
textView =(TextView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.textView);
EDIT
initialize your button also.
btn = (Button) rootView.findViewById(R.id.button);