Android - error when using ViewFlipper - android

eveything looks to be fine, but I still get error when I try to change the view by pressing the button.
Here is code:
package com.example.testy;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ViewFlipper;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
ViewFlipper flipper;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
flipper = (ViewFlipper) findViewById(R.id.viewFlipper1);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
return true;
}
public void clcik(View v) {
flipper.showNext();
}
}
And here is my 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:gravity="top" >
<ViewFlipper
android:id="#+id/viewFlipper1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="click"
android:text="Button!!" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TextView!!" />
</ViewFlipper>
</RelativeLayout>
Anyone knows what can be wrong in this code?
Thank you for answers!

Perhaps you should fix the name of your method to click ?
public void **clcik**(View v) {
flipper.showNext();
}
Due the wrong spell (clcik) in our activity code, you may be getting a Exception because Android can't find the click method.
And thanks to #yugidroid's answer I spot one more error on your code:
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
flipper = (ViewFlipper) findViewById(R.id.viewFlipper1);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
You call findViewById before even you have any Views (a call to setContentView) . You will get a NullPointException because of that.
I would recommend you to make a call to super.onCreate the very first line of your onCreate() method. That is what Google does.
Regarding setting the click listener on layout or creating a listener and setting on the code. Well, there is not much difference, although the latter is certainly faster as the first uses reflection, what has a higher cost than just calling a method.

First of all, make sure you call setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); after the super, its a good practice.
Your problem is that you set android:onClick="click" but you are refering the wrong method in Java (clcik doesn't exists).
I advice you to declare and set listeners in the activity, not in the xml.

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Android Studio - Button Click Crash (Simple)

I'm brand new to Android Studio and for whatever reason am experiencing really weird errors if I could please get some help.
I have very basic code that is supposed to, on button click change the text of my button from "button" to "clicked!". However everytime I press the button, the app crashes and I get "Appname has stopped" on the emulator.
What is incredibly weird is that in my activity_main.xml Design view, the onClick dropdown shows two functions of the same name (https://puu.sh/t2h5I/42ad4379d6.png)
H owever the code only works when the bottom one is selected. AND each time I run the app, it deselects the bottom one and reselects the top, only to stop working.
Here is my MainActivity:
package com.example.john.ameladay;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
public Button melButtonCode;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
public void buttonPress(View v){
melButtonCode = (Button) v;
((Button) v).setText("Has been clicked!");
}
}
Here is my activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/activity_main"
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.john.ameladay.MainActivity">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/mainText"
android:id="#+id/textView" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:src="#drawable/mela"
android:id="#+id/melPhoto" />
<Button
android:text="Button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/textView"
android:layout_toEndOf="#+id/textView"
android:layout_marginLeft="32dp"
android:layout_marginStart="32dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="43dp"
android:id="#+id/button"
android:onClick="buttonPress (MainActivity)" />
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Simple. You should write:
android:onClick="buttonPress"
Why happened
If you wrote buttonPress (MainActivity), Android tries to find buttonPress (MainActivity) method (not MainActivity.buttonPress()), but MainActivity doesn't have buttonPress (MainActivity) method. So the error happened.
Simply replace this Tag in button
Remove this
android:onClick="buttonPress (MainActivity)"
And Paste This
android:onClick="buttonPress"
A better way to do it is, get a reference to the button in your Java code using findViewById() method and set an OnClickListener to the button.
For your current problem, use
android:onClick="buttonPress"
instead of
android:onClick="buttonPress (MainActivity)"
According to me this is the better way to set click on button
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
public Button melButtonCode;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
melButtonCode = (Button).findViewById(R.id.button);//find button by Id
melButtonCode.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
melButtonCode.setText("Has been clicked!");
}
});
}
}
For your problem
replace it
android:onClick="buttonPress (MainActivity)"
With
android:onClick="buttonPress"
Make the method public - protected works when you are in instantrun mode, but not when not. No idea why!

Respond to send button

I installed the Android SDK bundle today and I am following the "My First App" tutorial and I am stuck, it states:
Open the MainActivity class (located in the project's src/ directory) and add the corresponding method:
/** Called when the user clicks the Send button */
public void sendMessage(View view) {
// Do something in response to button
}
Where do I put this in the file? and is this the "MainActivity.java" file?
I have tried and I keep getting errors so I am obviously going wrong somewhere.
activity_main.xml:
<LinearLayout 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:orientation="horizontal">
<EditText android:id="#+id/edit_message"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/edit_message" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/button_send"
android:onClick="sendMessage" />
</LinearLayout>
MainActivity.java:
package com.example.myfirstapp;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
#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;
}
}
Hope I have made my problem clear, I looked on the forum for an answer but I couldn't find anything.
If you have a button in your(say activity_main.xml) xml layout and you have the below attribute for button
android:onClick="sendMessage"
and you have the below in MainActiivty.java
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
You should have the below in MainActivity.java
/** Called when the user clicks the Send button */
public void sendMessage(View view) {
// Do something in response to button
}
Example:
MainActivity.java
// Your imports
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); //setting the layout to activity
}
/** Called when the user clicks the Send button */
public void sendMessage(View view) {
// Do something in response to button
}
}
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
// other widgets
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="146dp"
android:onClick="sendMessage"
android:text="Button" />
</RelativeLayout>
If you are a new android developer and doing your first so start from basic like launch new activity it contain hello world or any text view, button then you will clear idea about application.
create your android application
in XML layout drag the button and text view
run your first app.
you will get your output.
Put it in MainActivity.java at the top right after
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
After you do this, you may have to import. Do this by pressing control / shift / O (not zero)

Null pointer exception in TextView

This is my layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
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/postQues"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Post A Question" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/postAnswer"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:text="Post Your Answer" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/submit"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:clickable="true"
android:text="Submit" />
</RelativeLayout>
This is my activity:
package com.qstack.quizbox;
import roboguice.activity.RoboActivity;
import roboguice.inject.ContentView;
import roboguice.inject.InjectView;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
import com.app.main.R;
#ContentView(R.layout.q_box)
public class QuizBox extends RoboActivity {
#InjectView(R.id.postQues) TextView postQues;
#InjectView(R.id.postAnswer) EditText postAnswer;
//#InjectView(R.id.submit) Button submitA;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
PostQuestion postQuestion = new PostQuestion();
postQues.setText(postQuestion.postQuestion());
submitA.setOnClickListener(submitAnswerListener);
}
private OnClickListener submitAnswerListener = new OnClickListener() {
//onClick view
public void onClick(View v) {
String answer;
answer = postA.getText().toString();
CheckAnswer checkAnswer = new CheckAnswer();
if (answer == checkAnswer.checkAnswer()) {
postA.setText("Correct");
}
}
};
}
I am getting a null pointer exception at line number 48, caused because postQues = null. When I remove postAnswer from the code, there is no null pointer exception. I've cleaned my project and all that. Any help
I can't comment yet on your answers, but people miss the point: he, like me, is using RoboGuice to inject views and stuff.
The sole purpouse of this framework is to avoid the boiler-plate part on onCreate() where you won't need to use setContentView and findViewById() anymore !
As to why he gets a NullePointerException, I don't know. I happen to have the same issue on one of my activies although it works just fine on all the other...
[EDIT]
I found the solution : I mixed up the type of two views.
If you put setContentView() where it is supposed to be, you will get the error.
The application wil say it cannot assign. Because the type doesn't match.
Therefore you get a nice
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo
But if you use RoboGuice framework, you get such error (well in my case I did not). However, all you views will all be null.
Hope it will help someone someday.
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.yourxml); // you have missed this.....
PostQuestion postQuestion = new PostQuestion();
postQues.setText(postQuestion.postQuestion());
submitA.setOnClickListener(submitAnswerListener);
}
I had the same issue, and followed Mackovich's suggestions. He's right in pointing out that you don't need setContentView() with RoboGuice, as long as you annotate your activity with #ContentView.
In my case, the issue was caused by the fact that I had replaced an AutoCompleteTextView with an EditText, but forgot to make the same replacement in the activity with corresponding #InjectView. This was causing my NullPointerException.
Again, like Mackovich said, if I use setContentView() instead of #ContentView, the stacktrace gives me a more useful message:
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can't assign class android.support.v7.internal.widget.TintEditText value android.support.v7.internal.widget.TintEditText#426ce048 to class android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView field usernameTextView
I guess that's an argument against using Roboguice's #ContentView, at least until a fix is made in order to show the correct stacktrace.
You need to call setContentView(R.layout.the_xml) first (right after super.onCreate()). Otherwise RoboGuice doesn't know what to inject into your variables!
You forgot the following line in your code,
setContentView(R.layout.main);
which should be after this line of onCreate() method
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
you have missed that line
setContentView(R.layout.xml_filename);

Basic ImageButton onClick event not firing - surely something simple?

I'm trying to get a simple onClick to fire from an ImageButton - it seems like a simple enough task, but I'm obviously missing something here.
Here is my java file:
package com.jlbeard.android.testapp;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class testapp extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
//handle the button press
ImageButton mainButton = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.mainButton);
mainButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//show message
Toast.makeText(testapp.this, "Button Pressed", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
}
});
}
}
Here is my layout file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/whereToEat"
android:src="#drawable/where_to_eat"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="8px"
/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/mainButton"
android:src="#drawable/main_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:background="#null"
android:clickable="true"
android:onClick="mainButtonClick"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
It seems to me that I'm missing something simple... but can't seem to figure it out. Thanks!
You didn't run show() method on Toast object. Very common mistake :-)
You also might have a problem due to the manifest setting onClick
android:onClick="mainButtonClick"
If mainButtonClick exists on post 1.5 devices it may be called instead, overriding the one you're setting in code
In my case, the imageButton was displayed behind a list. Because the list was empty, the ImageButton was seen but onClick was never fired.
Adding android:elevation="5dp" in the screen xml solve my problem
Note that if I use Button instead of ImageButton, elevation is not required.

Error "android (name of project) has stopped unexpectedly

package com.iperetz1.android.testbutton1;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
public class TestButton extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Button test2 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.test2);
test2.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
setContentView(R.layout.test2);;
}
});
Button other = (Button)findViewById(R.id.backmain);
other.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
setContentView(R.layout.main);;
}
});
}
}
main.xls
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<AbsoluteLayout
android:id="#+id/widget0"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
>
<Button
android:id="#+id/test2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="test2"
android:layout_x="24px"
android:layout_y="165px"
>
</Button>
</AbsoluteLayout>
test2.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<AbsoluteLayout
android:id="#+id/widget0"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
>
<Button
android:id="#+id/backmain"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="backmain"
android:layout_x="24px"
android:layout_y="165px"
>
</Button>
</AbsoluteLayout>
findViewById is a lot simpler than people tend to think it is. It traverses the view hierarchy looking for a view with the given ID. If it's not found, findViewById returns null.
You started by setting the content view to your main layout but later on you tried to findViewById(R.id.backmain). Since there is no view with that ID in your main layout, it returns null. At that point attempting other.setOnClickListener will fail. You will only be able to do this when your button actually exists in the view hierarchy.
There's nothing inherently wrong with dynamically changing your view hierarchy, but you'll have to handle some things differently if you go that route. (Such as when you wire up events to views that don't exist during onCreate like you're trying to do above.)
As #Cristian Castiblanco said, changing the view dynamically is causing the problem, for these kind of scenarios, you have to create separate activities and invoke them using intents and pass data between them using bundles.

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