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Android findViewById() returning null for custom view

So I've checked all of the other threads on this topic repeatedly but none have yielded the solution. Here's the code:
The 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"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/recyclerView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<com.turingtechnologies.materialscrollbar.DragScrollBar
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/dragScrollBar"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
</RelativeLayout>
The Activity
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
//Stuff
recyclerView = (RecylerView)findViewById(R.id.recyclerView); //I've verified that this works properly.
DragScrollBar dragScrollBar = (DragScrollBar)findViewById(R.id.dragScrollBar);
if (dragScrollBar == null) { Log.d("d", "fail"); }
dragScrollBar.bindRecyclerView(recyclerView);
}
DragScrollBar.java
public class DragScrollBar extends MaterialScrollBar<DragScrollBar>{
public DragScrollBar(Context context, AttributeSet attrs){
super(context, attrs);
}
}
MaterialScrollBar.java
abstract class MaterialScrollBar<T> extends RelativeLayout {
MaterialScrollBar(Context context, AttributeSet attrs){
super(context, attrs);
initialise(context);
}
//Stuff
}
It draws correctly on the preview but returns a nullPointerException when dragScrollBar is used and 'fail' is printed to the console.
I've omitted the other normal constructors but when included they don't make a difference.
EDIT: Here's the stack trace
fail
Shutting down VM
FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.turingtechnologies.materialscrollbardemo, PID: 31890 java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.turingtechnologies.materialscrollbardemo/com.turingtechnologies.materialscrollbardemo.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.Object com.turingtechnologies.materialscrollbar.DragScrollBar.bindRecyclerView(android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView)' on a null object reference at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2416)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2476)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(ActivityThread.java)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1344)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.Object com.turingtechnologies.materialscrollbar.DragScrollBar.bindRecyclerView(android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView)' on a null object reference
at com.turingtechnologies.materialscrollbardemo.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:26)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6251)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1107)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2369)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2476) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(ActivityThread.java) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1344) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
 

I had run setID() inside of initalise as part of an earlier scheme and hadn't thought to remove it during refactoring.

Application unfortunately has been stopped while implementing simple fragment

My MainActivity contents is :
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
my_frag myFrag = new my_frag();
fragmentTransaction.replace(android.R.id.content,myFrag);
fragmentTransaction.commit();
}
fragment class is :
public class my_frag extends Fragment {
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// Inflate the layout for this fragment
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_my_frag, container, false);
}
Main xml is :
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".MainActivity">
<fragment
android:layout_width="2000dp"
android:layout_height="250dp"
android:name="com.example.gcoeara.mywork.my_fragment"
android:id="#+id/fragment"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
tools:layout="#layout/fragment_my_frag" />
</RelativeLayout>
Namespace is as follows :
activity name : MainActivity.java
main xml : activity_main.xml
fragment name : my_frag.java
fragment class : fragment_my_frag.xml
system : windows 7
framework : android studio
log cat is :
Process: com.example.gcoeara.mywork, PID: 22847
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.gcoeara.mywork/com.example.gcoeara.mywork.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #13: Error inflating class fragment
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2298)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2360)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:144)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1278)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #13: Error inflating class fragment
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:763)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:806)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:504)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:414)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:365)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:377)
at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:2144)
at com.example.gcoeara.mywork.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:22)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5933)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1105)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2251)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2360)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:144)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1278)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Fragment com.example.gcoeara.mywork.my_fragment did not create a view.
at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.onCreateView(FragmentManager.java:2145)
at android.app.Activity.onCreateView(Activity.java:5282)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:733)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:806)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:504)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:414)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:365)
            at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:377)
            at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:2144)
            at com.example.gcoeara.mywork.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:22)
            at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5933)
            at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1105)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2251)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2360)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:144)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1278)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)

Change
android:name="com.example.gcoeara.mywork.my_fragment"
in your fragment to
android:name="com.example.gcoeara.mywork.my_frag"
Hope you have the package path for my_frag as
com.example.gcoeara.mywork.my_frag.

NullPointer Exception on setAdapter()

This is my first android app and all i'm trying to do is basically create a list with some sample data. I get the "Unfortunately Sunshine has stopped" error on my phone when i run it.
If i remove this line of code, the app runs -
lstview.setAdapter(mForecastAdapter);
Also When i remove this line of code and run the app i get a calendar of all years but i have not used a calendar anywhere in my code! Any idea why this happens?
Here is my MainActivity.java -
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment())
.commit();
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.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);
}
/**
* A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
*/
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
private ArrayAdapter<String> mForecastAdapter;
public PlaceholderFragment() {
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
String[] forecastArray;
forecastArray = new String[]{
"Today - Sunny 88/63",
"Tomorrow - Foggy - 70/40",
"Thursday",
"Friday",
"Saturday",
"Sunday"
};
List<String> weekForecast = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(forecastArray));
mForecastAdapter = new
ArrayAdapter<String>(
getActivity(),
R.layout.list_item_forecast,
R.id.list_item_forecast_textview,
weekForecast);
ListView lstview = (ListView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.listview_forecast);
lstview.setAdapter(mForecastAdapter);
return rootView;
}
}
}
list_item_forecast.xml -
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minHeight="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:id="#+id/list_item_forecast_textview"
>
</TextView>
fragment_main.xml -
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity$PlaceholderFragment">
<ListView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/listview_forecast"></ListView>
</FrameLayout>
AndroidManifest.xml -
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.prashanth.sunshine" >
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
This is a really simple program and i have looked everywhere and none of the solutions seem to work. So -
Why do i get an infinite calendar on my app when i remove this line of code?
lstview.setAdapter(mForecastAdapter);
Why does the app not run with that line?
BTW here is the logcat -
06-17 11:34:32.121 32380-32380/com.example.prashanth.sunshine I/Timeline﹕ Timeline: Activity_idle id: android.os.BinderProxy#1689948 time:428069386
06-17 11:36:28.478 641-641/com.example.prashanth.sunshine D/AndroidRuntime﹕ Shutting down VM
06-17 11:36:28.479 641-641/com.example.prashanth.sunshine E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.prashanth.sunshine, PID: 641
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.prashanth.sunshine/com.example.prashanth.sunshine.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.ListView.setAdapter(android.widget.ListAdapter)' on a null object reference
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2354)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2416)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:153)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1319)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5291)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:931)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:726)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.ListView.setAdapter(android.widget.ListAdapter)' on a null object reference
at com.example.prashanth.sunshine.MainActivity$PlaceholderFragment.onCreateView(MainActivity.java:90)
at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1786)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:953)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1136)
at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:739)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1499)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onStart(FragmentActivity.java:548)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1236)
at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:6062)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2317)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2416)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:153)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1319)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5291)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:931)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:726)
06-17 11:42:14.846 1437-1437/com.example.prashanth.sunshine I/art﹕ Late-enabling -Xcheck:jni
06-17 11:42:15.308 1437-1437/com.example.prashanth.sunshine D/AndroidRuntime﹕ Shutting down VM
06-17 11:42:15.312 1437-1437/com.example.prashanth.sunshine E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.prashanth.sunshine, PID: 1437
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.prashanth.sunshine/com.example.prashanth.sunshine.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.ListView.setAdapter(android.widget.ListAdapter)' on a null object reference
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2354)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2416)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:153)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1319)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5291)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:931)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:726)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.ListView.setAdapter(android.widget.ListAdapter)' on a null object reference
at com.example.prashanth.sunshine.MainActivity$PlaceholderFragment.onCreateView(MainActivity.java:91)
at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1786)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:953)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1136)
at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:739)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1499)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onStart(FragmentActivity.java:548)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1236)
at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:6062)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2317)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2416)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:153)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1319)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5291)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:931)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:726)
06-17 11:51:54.224 2292-2292/com.example.prashanth.sunshine D/AndroidRuntime﹕ Shutting down VM
06-17 11:51:54.225 2292-2292/com.example.prashanth.sunshine E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.prashanth.sunshine, PID: 2292
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.prashanth.sunshine/com.example.prashanth.sunshine.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.ListView.setAdapter(android.widget.ListAdapter)' on a null object reference
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2354)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2416)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:153)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1319)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5291)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:931)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:726)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.ListView.setAdapter(android.widget.ListAdapter)' on a null object reference
at com.example.prashanth.sunshine.MainActivity$PlaceholderFragment.onCreateView(MainActivity.java:91)
at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1786)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:953)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1136)
at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:739)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1499)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onStart(FragmentActivity.java:548)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1236)
at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:6062)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2317)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2416)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:153)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1319)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5291)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:931)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:726)
06-17 11:51:56.581 2292-2292/com.example.prashanth.sunshine I/Process﹕ Sending signal. PID: 2292 SIG: 9
EDIT : Activity_main.xml
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity" tools:ignore="MergeRootFrame" />
Thanks in Advance!

I changed certain bits of your code, and it seems to be working. I believe it's the problem with wrong imports of AppCompat library. Below is the entire MainActivity code.
import android.app.Fragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
getFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment())
.commit();
}
}
/**
* A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
*/
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
private ArrayAdapter<String> mForecastAdapter;
public PlaceholderFragment() {
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
String[] forecastArray;
forecastArray = new String[]{
"Today - Sunny 88/63",
"Tomorrow - Foggy - 70/40",
"Day After - Life",
"Kidney",
"Saturday",
"Sunday"
};
List<String> weekForecast = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(forecastArray));
mForecastAdapter = new
ArrayAdapter<String>(
getActivity(),
R.layout.list_item_forecast,
weekForecast);
ListView lstview = (ListView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.listview_forecast);
lstview.setAdapter(mForecastAdapter);
return rootView;
}
}
}
Is this the output you are looking for

Android Checkbox getchecked (CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener (without button click event))

Here is my MainActivity :
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener {
CheckBox cb;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
getCheckBox();
/*
cb = (CheckBox) super.findViewById(R.id.checkbox);
cb.setOnCheckedChangeListener(this);
*/
}
public void getCheckBox(){
cb = (CheckBox) super.findViewById(R.id.checkbox);
cb.setOnCheckedChangeListener(this);
}
#Override
public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {
if(buttonView.getId()==R.id.checkBox){
TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView);
tv.setText(buttonView.getText().toString());
}
}
}
And here my layout :
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".MainActivity">
<CheckBox
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="My One"
android:id="#+id/checkBox"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="160dp" />
<CheckBox
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="My Two"
android:id="#+id/checkBox2"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/checkBox"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_marginTop="40dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
android:text="Small Text"
android:id="#+id/textView"
android:layout_below="#+id/radioGroup"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:textSize="50dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
I get the following exceptions when i run
02-20 15:55:28.130 2110-2110/sqllistviewdemo.wptrafficanalyzer.in.radiobutton E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: sqllistviewdemo.wptrafficanalyzer.in.radiobutton, PID: 2110
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{sqllistviewdemo.wptrafficanalyzer.in.radiobutton/sqllistviewdemo.wptrafficanalyzer.in.radiobutton.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.CheckBox.setOnCheckedChangeListener(android.widget.CompoundButton$OnCheckedChangeListener)' on a null object reference
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2298)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2360)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:144)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1278)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.CheckBox.setOnCheckedChangeListener(android.widget.CompoundButton$OnCheckedChangeListener)' on a null object reference
at sqllistviewdemo.wptrafficanalyzer.in.radiobutton.MainActivity.getCheckBox(MainActivity.java:34)
at sqllistviewdemo.wptrafficanalyzer.in.radiobutton.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:27)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5933)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1105)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2251)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2360)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:144)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1278)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)
Can you please guide me ? how do you work with checkbox if you don't want to use a button click listener ?
Thanks a lot in advance :)

You are fetching your CheckBox with
findViewById(R.id.checkbox);
when in the xml, the id is
android:id="#+id/checkBox"
The id is case sensitive so check your capitalization. Basically your code is fetching a view by ID and not finding it. Therefore your cb object is set to null and you throw a nullpointer here
cb.setOnCheckedChangeListener(this);

Use MainActivity.this instead of super for getting view from current layout of MainActivity Activity after calling setContentView:
cb = (CheckBox) MainActivity.this.findViewById(R.id.checkBox);

After initializing the checkBox. add this piece of code for eliminating the null reference.
assert checkBox != null;

After washing my face with some freshwater i found that i gave the wrong ID
instead of
R.id.checkBox
i used
R.id.checkbox

Android NumberPicker NullPointer why?

i am try to implement a numberPicker to select minute values.
But i am getting a NullPointer Exception at this line:
minutePicker = (NumberPicker) findViewById(R.id.minuten_picker);
Following Code:
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
NumberPicker minutePicker;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// Auswahl Minuten zum starten / Stoppen aller
minutePicker = new NumberPicker(MainActivity.this);
minutePicker = (NumberPicker) findViewById(R.id.minuten_picker);
minutePicker.setMaxValue(30);
minutePicker.setOnValueChangedListener(new NumberPicker.OnValueChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onValueChange(NumberPicker picker, int oldVal, int newVal) {
abschaltzeit = minutePicker.getValue();
}
});
minutePicker.setValue(0);
minutePicker.setWrapSelectorWheel(false);
}
}
XML:
<NumberPicker
android:id="#+id/minuten_picker"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_row="6"
android:layout_column="0"
android:paddingLeft="20dp" />
Log:
09-25 11:00:09.749 10687-10687/de.carsten.awesome.app E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: de.carsten.awesome.app, PID: 10687
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{de.carsten.awesome.app/de.carsten.awesome.app.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
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: java.lang.NullPointerException
at de.carsten.awesome.app.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:83)
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)

minutePicker = new NumberPicker(MainActivity.this);
minutePicker = (NumberPicker) findViewById(R.id.minuten_picker);
You're creating a NumberPicker programmatically and then overwriting the reference with whatever findViewById() returns. It returns null if your activity_main layout does not contain a minuten_picker.
Choose only the other: either create it prorgrammatically or find it from a view hierarchy you inflated.
If you choose the programmatic way new NumberPicker(), remember to add it to some layout in your activity view hierarchy, e.g. with setContentView()
If you choose the inflation way, make sure you have the view in your XML layout file.
I'm guessing the NPE you're seeing is actually on the following line where you're trying to invoke a method on the minutePicker and it's null.

I apologize.
I moved the Code from the MainActivity in the creating Fragment and it works with rootView.findView.
Sorry but i am new with the Fragement Konzept.
Thanks a lot for your help !