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Referencing TextViews from Activity in Service and Vice versa

I am working on an Android app with a steadily growing Code basis; the aim of the app is to scan and process QR Codes and Barcodes on Handheld Devices for Storages (not Smartphones). It hast two Activities that contain major parts of the programmatical logic; hence, I want to store major parts of the Code that contains the Functionality for processing the Scanner input in an external Service, called Scanner Service, implement the methods there and use the methods in other Activites;
however, I have a major issue with the use of Context, getApplicationContext() and the reference of the Activity in the Service and vice versa; although I think I have referenced and initialised the Textviews from the Activity in the Service, the app keeps on crashing with the following error message:
AndroidRuntime: Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.view.View android.app.Activity.findViewById(int)' on a null object reference
at com.xxxx.ScanService.<clinit>(ScanService.java:16)
I know what it means, but I don´t know how I could access the View
private static TextView content = (TextView) a.findViewById(R.id.content_detail);
in such a way that I can use it in the Service and in the Activity and the app stops crashing.
Therefore, any hints or help would be very much appreciated, thank you in advance.
The MainDetailActivity:
package com.example.xxx_app;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar;
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.Window;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.PopupMenu;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import static com.xxx.ScanService.*;
import static com.xxx.SimpleItemRecyclerViewAdapter.TAGG;
/**
* An activity representing a single Main detail screen. This
* activity is only used on narrow width devices. On tablet-size devices,
* item details are presented side-by-side with a list of items
* in a {#link MainListActivity}.
*/
public class MainDetailActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener,
PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener {
Context context;
private RecyclerView recyclerView;
private RecyclerviewAdapter recyclerviewAdapter;
private RecyclerTouchListener touchListener;
private ListView listView;
public TextView textView4;
public String code;
public static final String TAG = "Barcode ist:" ;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main_detail);
context = this;
//TextView headerView = findViewById(R.id.txt1);
Spinner spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner);
EditText editBarcode = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
TextView content = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.content_detail);
TextView editTextNumber = findViewById(R.id.editTextNumber);
Button addBooking = findViewById(R.id.button);
Button removeBooking = findViewById(R.id.button2);
removeBooking.setEnabled(false);
spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);
//String selectedItem = spinner.getSelectedItem().toString();
// Create an ArrayAdapter using the string array and a default spinner layout
ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this,
R.array.mockdata, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
// Specify the layout to use when the list of choices appears
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
// Apply the adapter to the spinner
spinner.setAdapter(adapter);
String scannedCode = getIntent().getStringExtra("scannedCode");
Log.d(TAG, "scannedCode" + scannedCode);
if (scannedCode != null && (content.getText().toString().equals(""))) {
content.setText(scannedCode);
}
Button btn = findViewById(R.id.imageView4);
btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu(MainDetailActivity.this, v);
popup.setOnMenuItemClickListener(MainDetailActivity.this);
popup.inflate(R.menu.popup_menu);
popup.show();
}
});
editBarcode.setOnKeyListener(new View.OnKeyListener() {
#Override
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
String code = editBarcode.getText().toString();
if (code.matches("")) //{ if(code.trim().isEmpty())
//|| editBarcode.getText().toString() > 100 )
{
Log.d(TAG, "Code ist leer");
}
if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER && code.length() > 0) {
editBarcode.setText("");
ScanService.checkEnteredCode(code);
return true;
}
return false;
}
});
recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.recyclerview);
recyclerviewAdapter = new RecyclerviewAdapter(this);
Intent newIntent = getIntent();
String receivedPalNo = newIntent.getStringExtra("palNo");
String receivedNo = newIntent.getStringExtra("no");
String receivedType = newIntent.getStringExtra("type");
String receivedRack = newIntent.getStringExtra("rack");
String receivedCountItems = newIntent.getStringExtra("count_items");
content.setText(receivedCountItems);
RestClient.getPaletteItems(getApplicationContext(),recyclerviewAdapter,receivedPalNo);
Log.d(TAGG,"Intent 1" + receivedPalNo);
Log.d(TAGG, "Intent 2" + receivedNo);
Log.d(TAGG, "Intent 3" + receivedType);
Log.d(TAGG,"Intent 4" + receivedRack);
Log.d(TAGG, "Intent 5" + receivedCountItems);
final ArrayList<Items> itemList = new ArrayList<>();
/*
Items[] items = new Items(12345,123456, 200, 500);
itemList.add(items);*/
recyclerviewAdapter.setItemList((ArrayList<Items>) itemList);
recyclerView.setAdapter(recyclerviewAdapter);
touchListener = new RecyclerTouchListener(this,recyclerView);
RecyclerviewAdapter finalRecyclerviewAdapter = recyclerviewAdapter;
touchListener
.setClickable(new RecyclerTouchListener.OnRowClickListener() {
#Override
public void onRowClicked(int position) {
//Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),itemList.get(position), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
#Override
public void onIndependentViewClicked(int independentViewID, int position) {
}
})
.setSwipeOptionViews(R.id.delete_task,R.id.edit_task)
.setSwipeable(R.id.rowFG, R.id.rowBG, new RecyclerTouchListener.OnSwipeOptionsClickListener() {
#Override
public void onSwipeOptionClicked(int viewID, int position) {
switch (viewID){
case R.id.delete_task:
itemList.remove(position);
finalRecyclerviewAdapter.setItemList(itemList);
break;
case R.id.edit_task:
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Edit Not Available",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
break;
}
}
});
recyclerView.addOnItemTouchListener(touchListener);
class StableArrayAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {
HashMap<String, Integer> mIdMap = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
public StableArrayAdapter(Context context, int textViewResourceId,
List<String> objects) {
super(context, textViewResourceId, objects);
for (int i = 0; i < objects.size(); ++i) {
mIdMap.put(objects.get(i), i);
}
}
#Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
String item = getItem(position);
return mIdMap.get(item);
}
#Override
public boolean hasStableIds() {
return true;
}
}
// savedInstanceState is non-null when there is fragment state
// saved from previous configurations of this activity
// (e.g. when rotating the screen from portrait to landscape).
// In this case, the fragment will automatically be re-added
// to its container so we don"t need to manually add it.
// For more information, see the Fragments API guide at:
//
// http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fragments.html
//
String text = getIntent().getStringExtra("palNo");
//headerView.setText(text);
if (receivedType != null && receivedType.equals("FE")) {
ImageView mImgView = findViewById(R.id.id_col_code);
mImgView.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.backgroun_blue);
}
if (receivedType != null && receivedType.equals("UFE")) {
ImageView mImgView = findViewById(R.id.id_col_code);
mImgView.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.backgroun_yellow);
}
}
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;
}
public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
Toast.makeText(this, "Selected Item: " +item.getTitle(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.search_item:
// do your code
return true;
case R.id.upload_item:
// do your code
return true;
case R.id.copy_item:
// do your code
return true;
/* case R.id.print_item:
// do your code
return true;*/
case R.id.share_item:
// do your code
return true;
/*case R.id.bookmark_item:
// do your code
return true;*/
default:
return false;
}
}
public void newDialog(Activity activity) {
final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(activity);
dialog.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
dialog.setCancelable(true);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.sortiment_layout);
dialog.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT));
Button okButton = dialog.findViewById(R.id.ok);
okButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Ok" ,Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
dialog.dismiss();
}
});
Button cancelButton = dialog.findViewById(R.id.cancel);
cancelButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Abbrechen" ,Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
dialog.cancel();
}
});
dialog.show();
}
public void showDialog(Activity activity) {
final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(activity);
dialog.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
dialog.setCancelable(true);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.newcustom_layout);
dialog.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT));
Button okButton = dialog.findViewById(R.id.ok);
okButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Ok" ,Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
dialog.dismiss();
}
});
dialog.show();
}
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
int pos, long id) {
// An item was selected. You can retrieve the selected item using
// parent.getItemAtPosition(pos)
}
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
// Another interface callback
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == android.R.id.home) {
// This ID represents the Home or Up button. In the case of this
// activity, the Up button is shown. For
// more details, see the Navigation pattern on Android Design:
//
// http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/navigation.html#up-vs-back
//
navigateUpTo(new Intent(this, MainListActivity.class));
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
recyclerView.addOnItemTouchListener(touchListener);
}
#Override
public void onPointerCaptureChanged(boolean hasCapture) {
}
}
The ScanService Class:
package com.example.xxx;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class ScanService {
private static final String TAG = "Scan Service Tag";
private static Context mContext;
private static Activity a = (MainDetailActivity)mContext;
private static TextView content = (TextView)
a.findViewById(R.id.content_detail);
private static TextView editTextNumber = (TextView)
a.findViewById(R.id.editTextNumber);
public ScanService (Context mContext) {
this.mContext = mContext;
}
public static void checkEnteredCode(String code, Activity a) {
content.setText("");
//PSP-H1-EA-F3
if
(code.matches("PSP-\\p{Upper}\\d\\p{Punct}\\p{Upper}\\" +
"p{Upper}\\p{Punct}\\p{Upper}\\p{Digit}")) {
content.setText("");
content.setText(code);
Log.d(TAG, "xxx");
}
if (code.matches("LF-[0-9]*")) {
///LF-(\d+)/gi
content.setText("");
content.setText(code);
Log.d(TAG, "xxx");
}
if (code.matches("PAL-[0-9][0-9][0-9]")) {
content.setText("");
content.setText(code);
Log.d(TAG, "xxx");
}
if (code.matches("P-[0-9][0-9][0-9]")) {
content.setText("");
content.setText(code);
Log.d(TAG, "Palette");
}
if (code.matches("[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].+DB")) {
if(editTextNumber == null) {
Log.d(TAG, "xxx");
}
else {
editTextNumber.setText(code);
Log.d(TAG, "xxx");
}
Log.d(TAG, "xxx");
}
if (code.matches("[0-9A-Z]*[0-9]*")) {
//editBarcode.setText("");
//editBarcode.setText(keyCode);
Log.d(TAG, "xxx");
}
if (code.matches("\\d{13}")) {
//newDialog(MainDetailActivity.this);
//editBarcode.setText("");
//editBarcode.setText(keyCode);
if(editTextNumber == null) {
Log.d(TAG, "xxx");
}
else {
editTextNumber.setText(code);
Log.d(TAG, "xxx");
}
Log.d(TAG, "xxx");
}
else {
Log.d(TAG, "xxx");
};
//editBarcode.setText("");
//editBarcode.setText(code);
/* String code = editBarcode.getText().toString();
if (code.matches("")) //{ if(code.trim().isEmpty())
//|| editBarcode.getText().toString() > 100 )
{
Log.d(TAG, "xxx");
}
//}
checkEnteredCode(code);
//editBarcode.setText("");
return Boolean.parseBoolean(code);*/
Log.d(TAG, code);
}
public static void checkEnteredCode(String code) {
}
}

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QuoteActivity.java
package com.axdev.thequotesgarden;
import android.annotation.TargetApi;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.os.Build;
import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdListener;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdSize;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.InterstitialAd;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Locale;
public class QuoteActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements
TextToSpeech.OnInitListener {
private int ID;
private String mode,fav,text;
private Quote qte;
private DataBaseHandler db;
private ArrayList<Quote> myList = new ArrayList<Quote>();
private TextView textAuth,textQuote;
private ImageView imgIcon;
private ImageButton btnNext,btnPrevious;
private TextToSpeech tts;
private RoundImage roundedImage;
private AdView adView;
private InterstitialAd interstitial;
SharedPreferences sharedPrefs;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_quote);
final ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS);
getWindow().setStatusBarColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorPrimaryDark));
}
db = new DataBaseHandler(this);
textAuth = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textAuth);
textQuote = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textQuote);
imgIcon = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imgcon);
btnNext = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btn_next);
btnPrevious = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btn_prev);
Typeface fontQuote = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
"fonts/Roboto-Light.ttf");
Typeface fontAuth = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
"fonts/Roboto-Italic.ttf");
textQuote.setTypeface(fontQuote);
textQuote.setTextSize(18);
textAuth.setTypeface(fontAuth);
ID = getIntent().getExtras().getInt("id");
mode = getIntent().getExtras().getString("mode");
if(mode.equals("qteday")){
qte = db.getQuote(ID);
btnNext.setVisibility(View.GONE);
btnPrevious.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
else {
myList = (ArrayList<Quote>) getIntent().getSerializableExtra("array");
qte = myList.get(ID);}
textAuth.setText(qte.getName());
textQuote.setText(qte.getQuote());
checkPicure();
btnNext.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
if (ID < (myList.size() - 1)) {
ID++;
qte = myList.get(ID);
textAuth.setText(qte.getName());
textQuote.setText(qte.getQuote());
checkPicure();
}
}
});
btnPrevious.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
if (ID > 0) {
ID--;
qte = myList.get(ID);
textAuth.setText(qte.getName());
textQuote.setText(qte.getQuote());
checkPicure();
}
}
});
fav = qte.getFav();
adView = new AdView(this);
adView.setAdUnitId(getResources().getString(R.string.banner_ad_unit_id));
adView.setAdSize(AdSize.BANNER);
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.layAdsQuote);
layout.addView(adView);
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
adView.loadAd(adRequest);
if(mode.equals("qteday")){
tts = new TextToSpeech(this, this);
speakOut();
interstitial = new InterstitialAd(this);
interstitial.setAdUnitId(getResources().getString(R.string.interstitial_ad_unit_id));
AdRequest adRequest2 = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
interstitial.loadAd(adRequest2);
interstitial.setAdListener(new AdListener() {
#Override
public void onAdLoaded() {
displayInterstitial();
}
});
}
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
if (tts != null) {
tts.stop();
tts.shutdown();
}
super.onDestroy();
}
public void checkPicure(){
boolean isExist = false;
InputStream imageStream = null;
try {
imageStream = getAssets().open("authors/"+qte.getFileName()+".jpg");
isExist =true;
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
if (isExist != false){
Bitmap theImage = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(imageStream);
roundedImage = new RoundImage(theImage);
imgIcon.setImageDrawable(roundedImage );
}
else {
Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.mipmap.author);
roundedImage = new RoundImage(bm);
imgIcon.setImageDrawable(roundedImage);
}
}
public void doShare() {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.setType("text/plain");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Quote");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,
qte.getQuote() + " - " + qte.getName());
QuoteActivity.this.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent,
getResources().getString(R.string.share)));
}
#Override
public void onInit(int status) {
if (status == TextToSpeech.SUCCESS) {
Locale loc = new Locale("en", "UK");
tts.setLanguage(loc);
tts.setSpeechRate((float) 0.8);
speakOut();
} else {
Log.e("TTS", "Initilization Failed");
}
}
private void speakOut() {
sharedPrefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
Boolean speaker = sharedPrefs.getBoolean("prefSpeaker", true);
if (speaker.equals(true)) {
text = qte.getQuote() + "\n" + qte.getName();
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT == Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
tts.speak(text, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null, null);
}
else {
tts.speak(text, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null);
}
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_quote, menu);
if (fav.equals("0")) {
menu.findItem(R.id.action_favorite).setIcon(R.mipmap.not_fav);
}
if (fav.equals("1")) {
menu.findItem(R.id.action_favorite).setIcon(R.mipmap.fav);
}
;
return true;
}
#TargetApi(11)
private void copyToClipBoard(String qte) {
int sdk = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
if (sdk < android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
android.text.ClipboardManager clipboard = (android.text.ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
clipboard.setText(qte);
} else {
android.content.ClipboardManager clipboard = (android.content.ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
android.content.ClipData clip = android.content.ClipData.newPlainText("text", qte);
clipboard.setPrimaryClip(clip);
}
}
#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 android.R.id.home:
this.finish();
break;
case R.id.action_share:
doShare();
break;
case R.id.copy:
String text = qte.getQuote() + "- " + qte.getName();
copyToClipBoard(text);
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
getResources().getString(R.string.copy_msg),
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
break;
case R.id.action_favorite:
if (qte.getFav().equals("0")) {
qte.setFav("1");
db.updateQuote(qte);
item.setIcon(R.mipmap.fav);
} else if (qte.getFav().equals("1")) {
qte.setFav("0");
db.updateQuote(qte);
item.setIcon(R.mipmap.not_fav);
}
}
return true;
}
public void displayInterstitial() {
if (interstitial.isLoaded()) {
interstitial.show();
}
}
}
QuotesActivity.java
package com.axdev.thequotesgarden;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Build;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.ListView;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdSize;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class QuotesActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private ArrayList<Quote> imageArry = new ArrayList<Quote>();
private QuotesListAdapter adapter;
private String Activitytype;
private DataBaseHandler db;
private ListView dataList;
private int count;
private ImageView noQuotes;
private AdView adView;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_quotes);
final ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS);
getWindow().setStatusBarColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorPrimaryDark));
}
db = new DataBaseHandler(this);
noQuotes = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.NoQuotes);
adapter = new QuotesListAdapter(this, R.layout.quote_items, imageArry);
dataList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.quotesList);
Button btnLoadMore = new Button(this);
btnLoadMore.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.btn_green);
btnLoadMore.setText(getResources().getText(R.string.btn_LoadMore));
btnLoadMore.setTextColor(0xffffffff);
Activitytype = getIntent().getExtras().getString("mode");
if (Activitytype.equals("isCategory")) {
String categoryValue = getIntent().getExtras()
.getString("category");
List<Quote> contacts = db.getQuotesByCategory(categoryValue);
for (Quote cn : contacts) {
imageArry.add(cn);
}
}
if (Activitytype.equals("isAuthor")) {
String authorValue = getIntent().getExtras().getString("name");
List<Quote> contacts = db.getQuotesByAuthor(authorValue);
for (Quote cn : contacts) {
imageArry.add(cn);
}
;
}
if (Activitytype.equals("isFavorite")) {
actionBar.setTitle(getResources().getText(R.string.title_activity_favorites));
List<Quote> contacts = db.getFavorites();
for (Quote cn : contacts) {
imageArry.add(cn);
}
;
if (imageArry.isEmpty()){
noQuotes.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
}
if (Activitytype.equals("allQuotes")) {
List<Quote> contacts = db.getAllQuotes(" LIMIT 50");
for (Quote cn : contacts) {
imageArry.add(cn);
}
;
dataList.addFooterView(btnLoadMore);
}
dataList.setAdapter(adapter);
dataList.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View viewClicked,
int position, long idInDB) {
Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),
QuoteActivity.class);
Quote srr = imageArry.get(position);
i.putExtra("id",position);
i.putExtra("array", imageArry);
i.putExtra("mode", "");
startActivity(i);
}
});
btnLoadMore.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
// Starting a new async task
new loadMoreListView().execute();
}
});
adView = new AdView(this);
adView.setAdUnitId(getResources().getString(R.string.banner_ad_unit_id));
adView.setAdSize(AdSize.BANNER);
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.layAdsQuotes);
layout.addView(adView);
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
adView.loadAd(adRequest);
}
private class loadMoreListView extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
// Before starting background task
// Show Progress Dialog etc,.
}
protected Void doInBackground(Void... unused) {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
count += 50;
List<Quote> contacts = db.getAllQuotes(" LIMIT "+count+ ",50");
for (Quote cn : contacts) {
imageArry.add(cn);
}
int currentPosition = dataList.getFirstVisiblePosition();
adapter = new QuotesListAdapter(QuotesActivity.this, R.layout.quote_items, imageArry);
dataList.setSelectionFromTop(currentPosition + 1, 0);
}
});
return (null);
}
protected void onPostExecute(Void unused) {
}
}
#Override
public void onBackPressed()
{
finish();
super.onBackPressed(); // optional depending on your needs
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_quotes, 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 android.R.id.home:
this.finish();
break;
}
return true;
}
}

The simplest answer is that mode is not equal to "qteday"
if(mode.equals("qteday")){
Unless that is true, the interstitial will never be loaded.

Android Studio unable to resolve method in class

I am trying to make a basic connect 3 app as part of a course challenge.
The problem I am having is that I am unable to access the methods inside the class Players in order to set which buttons have been pressed by which players: Cannot resolve method 'noughtsPlayer'.
I created an instance of Players on the onCreate method and declared it at the top of the script. That instance itself is recognised but for some reason the contained methods, noughtsPlayer and crossesPlayer are not.
MainActivity.java
package com.example.richardcurteis.connect3;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton;
import android.support.design.widget.Snackbar;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TableLayout;
import android.widget.TableRow;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
public boolean noughtsTurn;
ArrayList board;
String players;
public void receiveClick(View view) {
String buttonPressed = (String) view.getTag();
board.remove(buttonPressed);
if (view instanceof Button) {
Button B = (Button) view;
B.setText(noughtsTurn ? players.noughtsPlayer() : players.crossesPlayer());
}
}
class Players {
public String noughtsPlayer() { return "O"; }
public String crossesPlayer() { return "X"; }
}
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
FloatingActionButton fab = (FloatingActionButton) findViewById(R.id.fab);
fab.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
Snackbar.make(view, "Replace with your own action", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
.setAction("Action", null).show();
}
});
boolean noughtsTurn = true;
board = new ArrayList();
for (int x = 0; x < getBoardSize(); x++) {
String y = String.valueOf(x);
board.add(y);
}
Players players = new Players();
}
public int getBoardSize() {
int buttonCount = 0;
TableLayout tableLayout = (TableLayout) findViewById(R.id.tableLayout);
for (int rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < tableLayout.getChildCount(); rowIndex++) {
View tableLayoutChild = tableLayout.getChildAt(rowIndex);
if (tableLayoutChild instanceof TableRow) {
for (int i = 0; i < ((ViewGroup) tableLayoutChild).getChildCount(); i++) {
View view = ((ViewGroup) tableLayoutChild).getChildAt(i);
if (view instanceof Button) {
buttonCount++;
}
}
}
}
return buttonCount;
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.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();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}

You have global variable String players and local variable Players players.
This is problem.
And class String doesn't have those methods.
To solve this problem change String players; to Players players;
and Players players = new Players(); to players = new Players();

Trouble updating listview data

I have an application that populates a ListView with user input data from another Activity ; however, whenever I enter that data into the second Activity then return to the ListView activity, I see it populated with the values I entered. But, if I return to the second activity again, enter the values, and go back to the ListView activity, I see the new values updated but the old ones have disappeared.
Now, I don't know if I'm not updating the listview correctly or if I need to use SQLite databases to store this data or shared preferences in order to update the listview to new data while containing the previous information.
Thanks for any help.
ListActivity.java
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import com.personalproject.peter.timerapp.TestingForAlarmData.TestAlarm;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class ListOfAlarms extends ActionBarActivity {
private static final int RESULT = 1000;
List<TestAlarm> alarms = new ArrayList<>();
String title;
int totalTime;
ListView listOfAlarms;
ArrayAdapter<TestAlarm> alarmArrayAdapter;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_list_of_alarms);
final TextView emptyViewForList = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.emptyTextViewForList);
listOfAlarms = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);
alarmArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<>(this,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, alarms);
listOfAlarms.setAdapter(alarmArrayAdapter);
// if(listOfAlarms.getCount() <= 0){
// emptyViewForList.setText("No Alarms Currently Available");
// listOfAlarms.setEmptyView(emptyViewForList);
// }
listOfAlarms.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
alarms.get(position);
Intent clockDownActivity = new Intent(ListOfAlarms.this, CountDownAct.class);
clockDownActivity.putExtra("Title", title);
clockDownActivity.putExtra("totalTime", totalTime);
startActivity(clockDownActivity);
}
});
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_list_of_alarms, 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();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
public void goToFillOut(View view) {
Intent goingToFillOut = new Intent(this, Test.class);
startActivityForResult(goingToFillOut, RESULT);
}
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if(requestCode == RESULT && resultCode == RESULT_OK){
title = data.getStringExtra("title");
totalTime = data.getIntExtra("totalTime", 0);
alarms.add(new TestAlarm(title, totalTime));
alarmArrayAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}
}
SecondActivity
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class Test extends ActionBarActivity {
private static final String LOGTAG = "Test.class";
private static final long timeInterval = 1000;
private Button complete;
private EditText titleEditText;
private EditText hourEditText;
private EditText minuteEditText;
private EditText secondEditText;
public static int hour;
public static int minute;
public static int second;
public static String title;
public int actualTimeFiniliazedInMilliSeconds;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_test);
titleEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.titleEditText);
hourEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.hourEditText);
minuteEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.minuteEditText);
secondEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.secondEditText);
complete = (Button) findViewById(R.id.completeButton);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.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();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
public void saveTimer(View view) {
if(titleEditText.getText().toString().isEmpty() || hourEditText.getText().toString().isEmpty()
|| minuteEditText.getText().toString().isEmpty() || secondEditText.getText().toString().isEmpty()) {
Toast.makeText(this, "Oops you forgot one", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
return;
}
// complete.setVisibility(View.GONE);
title = titleEditText.getText().toString();
hour = Integer.parseInt(hourEditText.getText().toString().trim());
minute = Integer.parseInt(minuteEditText.getText().toString().trim());
second = Integer.parseInt(secondEditText.getText().toString().trim());
hour *= 3600000;
minute *= 60000;
second *= 1000;
actualTimeFiniliazedInMilliSeconds = hour + minute + second;
Intent intent = new Intent(Test.this, ListOfAlarms.class);
intent.putExtra("title", title);
intent.putExtra("totalTime", actualTimeFiniliazedInMilliSeconds);
setResult(RESULT_OK, intent);
finish();
}
}
Alarm.java
public class TestAlarm {
public String title;
public int totalTime;
public TestAlarm (String title, int totalTime) {
this.title = title;
this.totalTime = totalTime;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return title;
}
}

Person Detail App

I am quite new to programming Android (7 months), and I am having a problem with creating an app.
What I am trying to do is create a "Person Detail" test app for my own Android learning, by having EditText on the Main Activity with TextViews next to them (displaying default values at first), open up another activity called EditData (with a button on the main) which displays the values the user entered into the EditText (via Parcelable), return back to the Main Activty (via another button) and have those entered values displayed in the TextViews next to the EditText (upon a "Update Info" button click) instead of the default ones. I have managed to get everything working right except for displaying the changed values. Everything checks out, no errors in LogCat, but when the user / I clicks the update button, what shows are the default values. Can someone help me?
Here is my Main Activity code:
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
final Person firstPerson = new Person();
TextView displayName, displayAge, displayHeight, displayWeight;
EditText editName, editAge, editHeight, editWeight;
Button editActivity, update;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main_activity);
instantiateUi();
editActivity.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
firstPerson.setPersonName(editName.getText().toString());
firstPerson.setPersonAge(Integer.parseInt(editAge.getText().toString()));
firstPerson.setPersonHeight(Integer.parseInt(editHeight.getText().toString()));
firstPerson.setPersonWeight(Integer.parseInt(editWeight.getText().toString()));
Intent editIntent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, EditData.class);
editIntent.putExtra("First_Person_Data", firstPerson);
MainActivity.this.startActivity(editIntent);
}
});
update.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
displayName.setText(firstPerson.getPersonName());
displayAge.setText(String.valueOf(firstPerson.getPersonAge()));
// String.valueOf is needed to set int for TextViews
displayHeight.setText(String.valueOf(firstPerson.getPersonHeight()));
displayWeight.setText(String.valueOf(firstPerson.getPersonWeight()));
}
});
}
private void instantiateUi() {
editName = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit_name);
editAge = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit_age);
editHeight = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit_height);
editWeight = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit_weight);
displayName = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.display_name);
displayAge = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.display_age);
displayHeight = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.display_height);
displayWeight = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.display_weight);
editActivity = (Button)findViewById(R.id.edit_activity);
update = (Button)findViewById(R.id.update_info);
}
#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, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_settings:
break;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
return true;
}
}
My EditData activity code:
import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class EditData extends ActionBarActivity {
TextView changedName, changedAge, changedHeight, changedWeight;
Button MainActivity;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.edit_activity);
Person incomingObject = getIntent().getParcelableExtra("First_Person_Data");
instantiateUi();
changedName.setText(incomingObject.getPersonName());
changedAge.setText(String.valueOf(incomingObject.getPersonAge()));
changedHeight.setText(String.valueOf(incomingObject.getPersonHeight()));
changedWeight.setText(String.valueOf(incomingObject.getPersonWeight()));
MainActivity.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent EditActivity = new Intent(EditData.this, MainActivity.class);
EditData.this.startActivity(EditActivity);
}
});
}
private void instantiateUi() {
changedName = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.changed_name);
changedAge = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.changed_age);
changedHeight = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.changed_height);
changedWeight = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.changed_weight);
MainActivity = (Button)findViewById(R.id.main_activity);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.edit_data_menu, 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();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
And my Parcelable class used for transferring data values:
import android.os.Parcel;
import android.os.Parcelable;
public class Person implements Parcelable{
String personName;
int personAge, personHeight, personWeight;
public Person(){
personName = "No Name!";
personAge = 0;
personHeight = 0;
personWeight = 0;
}
public Person(String pName, int pAge, int pHeight, int pWeight) {
personName = pName;
personAge = pAge;
personHeight = pHeight;
personWeight = pWeight;
}
public Person(Parcel in) {
personName = in.readString();
personAge = in.readInt();
personHeight = in.readInt();
personWeight = in.readInt();
}
public String getPersonName() {
return personName;
}
public void setPersonName(String personName) {
this.personName = personName;
}
public int getPersonAge() {
return personAge;
}
public void setPersonAge(int personAge) {
this.personAge = personAge;
}
public int getPersonHeight() {
return personHeight;
}
public void setPersonHeight(int personHeight) {
this.personHeight = personHeight;
}
public int getPersonWeight() {
return personWeight;
}
public void setPersonWeight(int personWeight) {
this.personWeight = personWeight;
}
#Override
public int describeContents() {
return 0;
}
#Override
public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
dest.writeString(personName);
dest.writeInt(personAge);
dest.writeInt(personHeight);
dest.writeInt(personWeight);
}
public static final Parcelable.Creator<Person> CREATOR =
new Parcelable.Creator<Person>() {
#Override
public Person createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
return new Person(in);
}
#Override
public Person[] newArray(int size) {
return new Person[size];
}
};
}
Sorry if there are problems, this is my first question and I would very much appreciate what help you can give to a noob C0D3R :P

You shouldn't start variable names with capital letters. Your button MainActivity is very confusing. Better name it something like btMainActivity or something like that.
It think your problem is, that you forget to put an extra to your MainActivity, like you did when starting EditData:
editActivity.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
firstPerson.setPersonName(editName.getText().toString());
firstPerson.setPersonAge(Integer.parseInt(editAge.getText().toString()));
firstPerson.setPersonHeight(Integer.parseInt(editHeight.getText().toString()));
firstPerson.setPersonWeight(Integer.parseInt(editWeight.getText().toString()));
Intent editIntent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, EditData.class);
editIntent.putExtra("First_Person_Data", firstPerson);
MainActivity.this.startActivity(editIntent);
}
});
MainActivity.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent EditActivity = new Intent(EditData.this, MainActivity.class);
// put your extra here
EditData.this.startActivity(EditActivity);
}
});
For what you want, you could also use startActivityForResult. Take a look at it! You should also check out AndroidAnnotations. It can safe you a lot of code and time. I can't imagine making an Android app without it anymore.