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Passing Integer Values Between Activities - Android

Other stuck posts unfortunately couldn't help me.
When I clicked button while easy radiobutton is checked, the app stops working. I couldn't go and see another activity.
Sender Side:
btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
if(radiobutton_arm_triceps_easy.isChecked()) {
String dene = "my example test";
int myValue=2;
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), exercise_arm_triceps_execute.class);
intent.putExtra("attempt1", myValue );
startActivity(intent);
}
}
});
Receiver Side:
int receiveValue=getIntent().getIntExtra("attempt1",0);
textshow.setText(receiveValue);
LOGCAT
04-26 16:52:06.320 31527-31527/com.example.kerem.tutorial_project E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.kerem.tutorial_project, PID: 31527
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.kerem.tutorial_project/com.example.kerem.tutorial_project.exercise_arm_triceps_execute}: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: String resource ID #0x2
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2184)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: String resource ID #0x2
at android.content.res.Resources.getText(Resources.java:244)
at android.support.v7.widget.ResourcesWrapper.getText(ResourcesWrapper.java:52)
at android.widget.TextView.setText(TextView.java:3888)
at com.example.kerem.tutorial_project.exercise_arm_triceps_execute.onCreate(exercise_arm_triceps_execute.java:28)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2148)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Use
textshow.setText(String.valueOf(receiveValue));

Null Pointer Exception while setting value of TextView in an Array Adapter class - Android

I'm getting a NullPointerException while trying to start an Activity which contains a ListView .
In the getView method of the adapter class, the exception happens when the setText function of a textView is being called .
The code bellow is my adapter class:
public class QuestionsListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Question> {
Context context;
List<Question> questions;
public QuestionsListAdapter(Context context, List<Question> questions){
super(context, R.layout.list_item_question, questions);
this.context = context;
this.questions = questions;
}
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View view = vi.inflate(R.layout.list_item_question, null);
Question question = questions.get(position);
TextView tv = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.question_list_item_string);
Log.i(TableCreator.LOG_TAG, question.toString()); //this works fine and the string is not null .
tv.setText(question.toString()+""); //NULL POINTER EXCEPTION .
return view;
}
}
As you see, I've logged the string in the logcat and it works just fine, but the next line makes the mistake .
And this is the logcat output:
05-27 13:24:02.979 5325-5325/org.kabiri.operationcheklist I/Operation Checklist﹕ |-Question-> id:1 summary:mySummary comment:myComment solution:mySolution ownerList:dummyOwner
05-27 13:24:02.979 5325-5325/org.kabiri.operationcheklist D/AndroidRuntime﹕ Shutting down VM
05-27 13:24:02.979 5325-5325/org.kabiri.operationcheklist W/dalvikvm﹕ threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0xb0f5f648)
05-27 13:24:02.979 5325-5325/org.kabiri.operationcheklist E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.kabiri.operationchecklist.adapter.QuestionsListAdapter.getView(QuestionsListAdapter.java:43)
at android.widget.AbsListView.obtainView(AbsListView.java:2177)
at android.widget.ListView.makeAndAddView(ListView.java:1840)
at android.widget.ListView.fillDown(ListView.java:675)
at android.widget.ListView.fillFromTop(ListView.java:736)
at android.widget.ListView.layoutChildren(ListView.java:1655)
at android.widget.AbsListView.onLayout(AbsListView.java:2012)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14289)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4562)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1671)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1525)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1434)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14289)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4562)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:448)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14289)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4562)
at android.support.v7.internal.widget.ActionBarOverlayLayout.onLayout(ActionBarOverlayLayout.java:502)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14289)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4562)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:448)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14289)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4562)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1671)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1525)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1434)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14289)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4562)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:448)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14289)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4562)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performLayout(ViewRootImpl.java:1976)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1730)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1004)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:5481)
at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:749)
at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:562)
at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:532)
at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:735)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:730)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5103)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:737)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
The logcat shows that the error happens on this line of my adapter class:
tv.setText(question.toString()+"");
I really appreciate your help .

You already know where the problem is!
tv.setText(question.toString()+"");
is causing the NPE that means the TextView tv is null. And that means that the line
TextView tv = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.question_list_item_string);
is not able to find the TextView. Check the question_list_item_string id and make sure it matches the id in your list_item_question.xml file

java.lang.runtimeexception unable to start activity componentinfo java.lang.nullpointerexception android

im making a simple calories calculator and it gives me that error, i already reviewed the code and searched here for the solution but im not able to see why is not running.
I thought it was because i had not initialized the variable, so i did it and still got the same error, maybe is something with the spinners, im new on using spinners
here is the code:
public class CaloriesCalculator extends ActionBarActivity {
EditText etAge, etWeight, etHeight;
Button btnCalculate;
TextView tvResult;
Spinner spinnerGender, spinnerActivity;
String itemGender, itemActivity;
int Height=0;
int Weight=0;
int Age=0;;
double bmr=0.0;
double tdee=0.0;
String result;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.caloriescalculator);
spinnerGender=(Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinnerGender);
spinnerActivity=(Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinnerActivity);
etAge=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.etAge);
etWeight=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.etWeight);
etHeight=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.etHeight);
tvResult=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.tvResult);
List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
list.add("Male");
list.add("Female");
ArrayAdapter<String> dataAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, list );
dataAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinnerGender.setAdapter(dataAdapter);
List<String> list2 = new ArrayList<String>();
list.add("Sedentary");
list.add("Lightly Active");
list.add("Moderalety Active");
list.add("Very Active");
list.add("Extremely Active");
ArrayAdapter<String> dataAdapter2 = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, list2 );
dataAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinnerActivity.setAdapter(dataAdapter2);
btnCalculate.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
spinnerGender.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent,
View view, int position, long id) {
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
spinnerActivity.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent,
View view, int position, long id) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
itemGender=String.valueOf(spinnerGender.getSelectedItem());
itemActivity=String.valueOf(spinnerActivity.getSelectedItem());
if(itemGender=="Male"){
Weight=Integer.parseInt(etWeight.getText().toString());
Height=Integer.parseInt(etHeight.getText().toString());
Age=Integer.parseInt(etAge.getText().toString());
if(itemActivity=="Sedentary"){
bmr=66+((13.7 * Weight)+(5*Height))-(6.8*Age);
tdee=bmr*1.2;
}
else if(itemActivity=="Lightly Active"){
bmr=66+((13.7 * Weight)+(5*Height))-(6.8*Age);
tdee=bmr*1.375;
}
else if(itemActivity=="Moderalety Active"){
bmr=66+((13.7 * Weight)+(5*Height))-(6.8*Age);
tdee=bmr*1.55;
}
else if(itemActivity=="Very Active"){
bmr=66+((13.7 * Weight)+(5*Height))-(6.8*Age);
tdee=bmr*1.725;
}
else if(itemActivity=="Extremely Active"){
bmr=66+((13.7 * Weight)+(5*Height))-(6.8*Age);
tdee=bmr*1.9;
}
}
else if(itemGender=="Female") {
Weight=Integer.parseInt(etWeight.getText().toString());
Height=Integer.parseInt(etHeight.getText().toString());
Age=Integer.parseInt(etAge.getText().toString());
if(itemActivity=="Sedentary"){
bmr=655+((9.6*Weight)+(1.8*Height))-(4.7*Age);
tdee=bmr*1.2;
}
else if(itemActivity=="Lightly Active"){
bmr=655+((9.6*Weight)+(1.8*Height))-(4.7*Age);
tdee=bmr*1.375;
}
else if(itemActivity=="Moderalety Active"){
bmr=655+((9.6*Weight)+(1.8*Height))-(4.7*Age);
tdee=bmr*1.55;
}
else if(itemActivity=="Very Active"){
bmr=655+((9.6*Weight)+(1.8*Height))-(4.7*Age);
tdee=bmr*1.725;
}
else if(itemActivity=="Extremely Active"){
bmr=655+((9.6*Weight)+(1.8*Height))-(4.7*Age);
tdee=bmr*1.9;
}
}
result=Double.toString(tdee);
tvResult.setText(result);
}
});
}
#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);
}
}
logcat:
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.app.calculadoracalorias/com.app.calculadoracalorias.CaloriesCalculator}: java.lang.NullPointerException
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2211)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2261)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:141)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1256)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5103)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:737)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at com.app.calculadoracalorias.CaloriesCalculator.onCreate(CaloriesCalculator.java:67)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5133)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2175)
11-28 17:20:05.501: E/AndroidRuntime(1455): ... 11 more
11-28 17:24:42.341: D/AndroidRuntime(1507): Shutting down VM
11-28 17:24:42.341: W/dalvikvm(1507): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x41465700)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.app.calculadoracalorias/com.app.calculadoracalorias.CaloriesCalculator}: java.lang.NullPointerException
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2211)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2261)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:141)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1256)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5103)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:737)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at com.app.calculadoracalorias.CaloriesCalculator.onCreate(CaloriesCalculator.java:70)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5133)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2175)
11-28 17:24:42.371: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): ... 11 more

Yout btnCalculate is null, you should initialize before doing the onclickListener:
btnCalculate = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnCalculate); //your id
Also note that you are initializing the dataAdapter2 but actually you are using dataAdapert, and list2 dont have any elements, because you declare it but u are filling always list1

Null Pointer Exception in Bitmap.decodeResources() from xml resource

In my current android project I create two bitmaps from xml resources. Every time I build my project using the xml bitmaps as the resource for Bitmap.decodeResources() I get a null pointer exception when I try to access the bitmaps. But when I switch to using the straight .png the error goes away.
Why is decodeResources() returning null?
code where the bitmaps are created:
public OvertButton(float x, float y, float width, float height, int pressedId, int unPressedId, Resources res, boolean visible) {
\\these are null if xml bitmap is passed
pressed = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, pressedId);
unPressed = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, unPressedId);
this.visible = visible;
relocate(x, y);
resize(width, height); //throws NPE when I createScaledBitmap()
ClickableManager.registerClickable(this);
}
resource file
<bitmap xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:src="#drawable/play_button_pressed"
android:filter="false"
android:antialias="false"
android:dither="false"/>
and the resize method
#Override
public void resize(float width, float height) {
box.set(box.left, box.top, box.left + width, box.top + height);
Log.d("resize",String.valueOf(height));
pressed = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(pressed, (int)width, (int)height, true);
unPressed = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(unPressed, (int)width, (int)height, true);
}
And the logcat
04-16 09:45:06.341 11824-11824/com.handmade.eed D/dalvikvm﹕ Late-enabling CheckJNI
04-16 09:45:06.450 11824-11824/com.handmade.eed D/MenuActivity﹕ 2130837594$$$2130837596
04-16 09:45:06.451 11824-11824/com.handmade.eed D/skia﹕ --- SkImageDecoder::Factory returned null
04-16 09:45:06.451 11824-11824/com.handmade.eed D/OvertButton﹕ true2130837591
04-16 09:45:06.457 11824-11824/com.handmade.eed D/OvertButton﹕ false2130837595
04-16 09:45:06.457 11824-11824/com.handmade.eed D/resize﹕ 252.0
04-16 09:45:06.458 11824-11824/com.handmade.eed D/AndroidRuntime﹕ Shutting down VM
04-16 09:45:06.459 11824-11824/com.handmade.eed W/dalvikvm﹕ threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x41610d40)
04-16 09:45:06.461 11824-11824/com.handmade.eed E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.handmade.eed, PID: 11824
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.handmade.eed/com.handmade.eed.MenuActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2209)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2269)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:139)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1210)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5102)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at android.graphics.Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(Bitmap.java:615)
at com.handmade.overt.visible.OvertButton.resize(OvertButton.java:61)
at com.handmade.overt.visible.OvertButton.<init>(OvertButton.java:29)
at com.handmade.overt.visible.OvertButton.<init>(OvertButton.java:34)
at com.handmade.eed.MenuActivity.onCreate(MenuActivity.java:72)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5248)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1110)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2173)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2269)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:139)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1210)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5102)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
04-16 09:45:09.872 11824-11824/com.handmade.eed I/Process﹕ Sending signal. PID: 11824 SIG: 9

This is a case of me being dumb but here is the answer for posterity.
Bitmap is not the same as BitmapDrawable
From the Drawable Resources link above:
COMPILED RESOURCE DATATYPE:
Resource pointer to a BitmapDrawable.
Thus I had to change this:
Bitmap pressed = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, R.drawable.play_button_pressed_res); //this is the id for the xml referring to the png
to either this:
Drawable pressed = res.getDrawable(R.drawable.play_button_pressed_res);
or this:
Bitmap pressed = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, R.drawable.play_button_pressed); //this is the id for the png
I decided to use bitmap because, as I understand, it is faster.

check if checkbox is checked return null pointer

I have this code for an expandable list, I want to have a checkbox in the childgroups of the list view, and check if one of the checkboxes is checked.
The problem is that when I check if the checkbox is checked I get a NULL Pointer Exception.
Can you please tell me whats wrong?
here's my code - I've edited the code to inflate a view of the child_row.xml that holds that checkbox but I still get that null pointer, what am I doing wrong?!?!
package send.Shift;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import android.app.ExpandableListActivity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.Window;
import android.widget.CheckBox;
import android.widget.CompoundButton;
import android.widget.CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener;
import android.widget.ExpandableListView;
import android.widget.SimpleExpandableListAdapter;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class Shifts extends ExpandableListActivity implements
OnCheckedChangeListener {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
setContentView(R.layout.list);
SimpleExpandableListAdapter expListAdapter = new SimpleExpandableListAdapter(
this, createGroupList(), R.layout.group_row,
new String[] { "Group Item" }, new int[] { R.id.row_name },
createChildList(), R.layout.child_row,
new String[] { "Sub Item" }, new int[] { R.id.grp_child });
getExpandableListView().setGroupIndicator(
getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.expander_group));
ExpandableListView EX = (ExpandableListView) findViewById(android.R.id.list);
EX.setAdapter(expListAdapter);
final CheckBox childBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.childBOX);
final TextView choosenGroup = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.choosen);
LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(Shifts.this);
View view2 = inflater.inflate(R.layout.child_row, null);
childBox.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new OnCheckedChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView,
boolean isChecked) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if(childBox.isChecked() == true){
choosenGroup.setText("Shift Set");
}
}
});
}
Here is some of the Logcat log:
12-23 07:38:00.644: W/dalvikvm(880): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40015560)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{send.Shift/send.Shift.Shifts}: java.lang.NullPointerException
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1647)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1663)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:931)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at send.Shift.Shifts.onCreate(Shifts.java:41)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1611)
12-23 07:38:00.654: E/AndroidRuntime(880): ... 11 more

If you get a nullpointer on a certain line, something on that line is null. If it is the if(childBox.isChecked() line, probably childBox is null. Hard to say without the stack, but most probable cause is the line where you retrieve that checkbox.
final CheckBox childBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.childBOX);
Might be returning null, and this could be for several reasons. It could be your id is childBox instead of childBOX. Or that it is not in R.layout.list.
The best thing you can do is start debugging. What line is the error. Find the object that is null. Find out why it is null and if that is expected or not.

Instead of checking the childBox.isChecked() you can use the isChecked value. So your code would look like this:
#Override
public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {
if(isChecked == true){
choosenGroup.setText("Shift Set");
}
}

Check your layout list.xml I think this layout may is missing android:id="#+id/childBOX" for Check Box or android:id="#+id/choosen" for TextView
Check the folowin sample
<CheckBox android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/childBOX"/>
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/choosen"/>