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RemoteWebDriver is null error (sauce labs implementation) -selenium,cucumber,java

I am implementing my code to work on remote machines on Sauce Labs. The code worked fine until I have changed my driver initialisation (to work with remote server). I keep getting this.driver is null exception. I don't know what's wrong with it, I was following official documentation and tried many things. I hope someone can see the issue here. Thank you in advance. My code:
DRIVER:(my username and key are copied from my sauce labs account, renamed for this purpose)
public class Hooks {
public RemoteWebDriver driver;
public WebDriverWait wait;
#Before
public void setup(Scenario scenario) throws MalformedURLException {
String username = System.getenv("my username");
String accessKey = System.getenv("key");
ChromeOptions chromeOpts = new ChromeOptions();
MutableCapabilities sauceOpts = new MutableCapabilities();
sauceOpts.setCapability("name", scenario.getName());
sauceOpts.setCapability("username", username);
sauceOpts.setCapability("accessKey",accessKey);
MutableCapabilities browserOptions = new MutableCapabilities();
browserOptions.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, chromeOpts);
browserOptions.setCapability("sauce:options", sauceOpts);
browserOptions.setCapability("browserName", "chrome");
browserOptions.setCapability("browserVersion", "latest");
browserOptions.setCapability("platformName", "Windows 10");
String sauceUrl = "https://ondemand.us-west-1.saucelabs.com:443/wd/hub";
URL url = new URL(sauceUrl);
driver = new RemoteWebDriver(url, browserOptions);
wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(10));
}
#After
public void tearDown(Scenario scenario) {driver.quit();}
}
PAGE OBJECT WHERE MY CODE IS: (shortened for privacy purposes)
public class LandingPO extends Hooks {
static RemoteWebDriver driver;
static WebDriverWait wait;
String url = "https://google.com"
public void openUrl() {
driver.get(url);}
And then I just call this method (landingPO.openUrl();) in my stepDefinition class.
The error is thrown where first driver usage is found:
Step failed
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.get(String)" because "pageObjects.LandingPO.driver" is null
it breaks right at "driver.get(url)" in my LandingPO

If anyone will have the same problem, the answer was:
I was using wrong Before/After import. The correct import should be:
import io.cucumber.java.After;
import io.cucumber.java.Before;

Having trouble with SkipException, testNG, what am I doing wrong?

I am very new to selenium UI automation and I am trying my hands on with a simple application. I am using java with testNG. I need to integrate this test with CI and the test environment url will be different with every deployment. I am passing this as a parameter, difference between test and prod environment is that in the test, there won't be any login screen hence there is no need for authentication but my test verifies login and a login method. I need to be able to skip this test based on the URL supplied. Here is my code and the problem is testNG always suggests that the test was skipped but I can see it executing the login method. Please help me correct or understand what mistake I am committing.
public class Login {
WebDriver driver;
//Parameter - test environment URL
String url = System.getProperty("environment");
#Test (priority = 1)
public void verifyLogin() {
//Skip verifyLogin test in non prod environments
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C://chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.get(url);
if (url=="www.google.com")
//If url matches production url then execute the test, if url doesn't match production URL then skip login test as there won't be any authentication/login in non prod
{
LoginPage login = new LoginPage(driver);
login.signIn();
Assert.assertEquals(driver.getTitle(), "Application Name", "Login failed,");
String title = driver.getTitle();
System.out.println("Page title is " + title);
driver.close();
}
else if (url!="www.google.com"){
throw new SkipException("Skipping this test");
}
}
#Test(priority = 2)
public void userKey() {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C://chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.get(url);
//If URL equals prod then call the login method to be able to login to the app else just execute the userKey method without having the need to login
if (url=="www.google.com");
{
LoginPage login = new LoginPage(driver);
login.signIn();
}
AccountManagementPage userKey = new AccountManagementPage(driver);
userKey.key();
driver.close();
}
}

The very exact use case is well explained here without throwing SkipException.
The idea is to create a custom annotation for the methods to be skipped & read the methods using IMethodInterceptor - decide to execute or not behind the scenes.
Updated for the question in the comment section:
You do not have to worry about 'TestEnvironment' or 'TestParameters' class.Just directly use the production check logic here.
Predicate<IMethodInstance> isTestExecutingOnProduction = (tip) -> {
return system.getProperty("env").
.equals("<production check here>");
};

Why does eclipse not like "driver = new FirefoxDriver(ffBinary, firefoxProfile);"

am trying to follow along with a time sensitive selenium course and I am just getting hopelessly lost. I was only able to execute this test the first time using chrome and not firefox but then i started getting errors connecting to chrome and went back to firefox. Below is the script from the tutorial course which SHOULD work. I have added the path to firefox.exe in my system variables and I am running firefox 47 which I downgraded to see if that would help. I'm using JDK 1.8 and selenium 3.6.0. Here is the code from the course. My eclipse is borking at the line driver = new FirefoxDriver(ffBinary, firefoxProfile); the red underline asks to "remove this argument to match firefoxDriver".
If I remove it according to the instructions as just have driver = new Firefox Driver, I then get this error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problem:
at Guru99package.TestScript02.main(TestScript02.java:72)
Line 72 is the starting line for the whole main function, so this is really unclear for me. As far as I can tell, the reason it won't compile could be anything and the syntax for firefox path matches what I'm seeing in github tutorials and google.
I tried doing this in chrome and can paste my results here, but I also got really confused in chrome as to whether I was supposed to instantiate my webdriver using webdriver or RemoteWebDriver. When I called Chrome like this:
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\selenium\\chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
my script initially ran but wouldn't input anything in the login fields. Now it seems that nothing I do is working. The tutorial doesn't have a forum or help options.
Code for the main file:
import java.io.File;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.openqa.selenium.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxBinary;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile;
public class TestScript02 {
static WebDriver driver; // Selenium control driver
private static String baseUrl; // baseUrl of Website Guru99
// This method SetUp will read initialization parameters from the classUtil.java & launch Firefox
public static void setUp() throws Exception {
/*
* Tells the Selenium client library to connect to the Webdriver
* service using firefox
*
* In some PC's, Selenium can not find the binary file of Firefox because
* user doesn't install Firefox at its default location. We need to tell
* Selenium where the firefox.exe is
*/
File pathToBinary = new File(Util.FIREFOX_PATH);
FirefoxBinary ffBinary = new FirefoxBinary(pathToBinary);
/*
* Create new firefoxProfile for Testing
*
* A profile in Firefox is a collection of bookmarks, browser settings,
* extensions, passwords, and history; in short, all of your personal
* settings. Firefox uses a DEFAULT profile to store all of your
* personal settings.
*
* In this case, we use Firefox for "testing" purpose not as an "end user".
* We need to create NEW firefoxProfile because we want to separate the
* Firefox profile for testing purpose and that of an end user. If
* something wrong happens with the testing, you still have your DEFAULT
* profile to fall back to (your personal data still safe).
*/
FirefoxProfile firefoxProfile = new FirefoxProfile();
driver = new FirefoxDriver(ffBinary, firefoxProfile);
// Setting Base URL of website Guru99
baseUrl = Util.BASE_URL;
// Specifies the amount of time the driver should wait when searching for an element if it is not immediately present.
// Refer - http://selenium.googlecode.com/git/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/WebDriver.Timeouts.html
driver.manage().timeouts()
.implicitlyWait(Util.WAIT_TIME, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
// Go to http://www.demo.guru99.com/V4/
driver.get(baseUrl + "/V4/");
}
/**
*
* #author Krishna Rungta
* Test Script 02
* **************
* This method will perform following Test Steps
*
* 1) Go to http://www.demo.guru99.com/V4/
2) Enter valid UserId
3) Enter valid Password
4) Click Login
5) Verify the Page Title after login
*/
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String username, password;
String actualTitle;
String actualBoxtitle;
//Setup Firefox driver
setUp();
driver.findElement(By.name("uid")).clear(); // Good practice to clear a field before use
driver.findElement(By.name("uid")).sendKeys(Util.USER_NAME); // Enter username
driver.findElement(By.name("password")).clear(); // Good practice to clear a field before use
driver.findElement(By.name("password")).sendKeys(Util.PASSWD); // Enter Password
// Click Login
driver.findElement(By.name("btnLogin")).click();
actualTitle = driver.getTitle();
if (actualTitle.contains(Util.EXPECT_TITLE)) {
System.out.println("Test case: Passed");
}
else {
System.out.println("Test case : Failed");
}
driver.close();
}
}
Code for util.java:
package Guru99package;
public class Util {
/* You can change the Path of FireFox based on your environment here */
public static final String FIREFOX_PATH = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe";
// Setting Base URL
public static final String BASE_URL = "http://www.demo.guru99.com/";
// Time to wait when searching for a GUI element
public static final int WAIT_TIME = 30;
// Valid account for login
public static final String USER_NAME = "mngr103067";
public static final String PASSWD = "pepysYd";
// Expected output
public static final String EXPECT_TITLE = "Guru99 Bank Manager HomePage";
}

webdriver on safari works well in debug mode, but could not work well when I run it

I test safari browser on Windows with Selenium Webdriver, when in debug mode, my script works well, but when I run it, it could not work well. Does anyone encounter this situation?
public class JustForTestSafari {
public WebDriver driver;
#Test
public void f() {
driver = new SafariDriver();
String baseURL = "http://universitytest.emersonprocess.com/";
String expectedTitle = "ProcessWorld - Your Connection to Global Information";
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 30);
driver.get(baseURL);
driver.manage().window().maximize();
String actulTitle = driver.getTitle();
Assert.assertEquals(expectedTitle, actulTitle);
driver.findElement(By.id("_ctl0_mastercontent_username")).clear();
driver.findElement(By.id("_ctl0_mastercontent_username")).sendKeys("***.guo");
driver.findElement(By.id("_ctl0_mastercontent_password")).clear();
driver.findElement(By.id("_ctl0_mastercontent_password")).sendKeys("*******");
driver.findElement(By.id("_ctl0_mastercontent_btn_standardsignin")).click();
}

Selenium Automation a new window handle

So after my code runs a new window shows up to download a CSV. A window pops up to either save the file or to open it with excel. How would I change windows to download that csv to a path using selenium.
public class automation {
public static void main(String[] args) {
FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
String path = "C:\\Users\\K344975\\Desktop";
profile.setPreference("browser.download.dir",path);
profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting",false);
profile.setPreference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk","application/xls;text/csv");
profile.setPreference("plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types",
"application/octet-stream;application/csv;text/csv;application/vnd.ms-excel;application/xls;");
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);
driver.get("");
String winHandle = driver.getWindowHandle();
System.out.println(winHandle);
//driver.quit();
}
}
I also tried making a profile

Well you have firstly patch profile and only after it create browser, and for plugin disable you could use
profile.setPreference("plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types",
"application/octet-stream;application/csv;text/csv;application/vnd.ms-excel;")