Google Maps CameraUpdateFactory not initialized

Question

I'm getting some reports back from user experience through crashlytics giving me an error

Fatal Exception java.lang.NullPointerException          CameraUpdateFactory is not initialized 

This is not a regular crash, as in it doesn't occur for every user but it is becoming too regular and I need to resolve it.

I had read that this could happen if the maps hadn't been initialized which I think I've covered

if(googleMap!=null){                 googleMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(selectedLatLng));             }   

also a probably cause could be that google play services isn't on the device or is out of date and I've added some verification for that also.

   public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {     super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);      int status = GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(FuelsFragment.this.getActivity());      // Showing status     //CAMERAUPDATE FACTORY CRASH CAN BE A RESULT OF GOOGLE PLAY SERVICES NOT INSTALLED OR OUT OF DATE     //ADDITIONAL VERIFICATION ADDED TO PREVENT FURTHER CRASHES      //https://github.com/imhotep/MapKit/pull/17     if(status == ConnectionResult.SUCCESS)     {         mMapFragment = ReepMapFragment.newInstance();          FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = getChildFragmentManager().beginTransaction();         fragmentTransaction.add(R.id.mapContainer, mMapFragment);         fragmentTransaction.commit();      }     else if(status == ConnectionResult.SERVICE_VERSION_UPDATE_REQUIRED){          reep.toastNotify("You need to update Google Play Services in order to view maps");     }     else if (status==ConnectionResult.SERVICE_MISSING){         reep.toastNotify("Google Play service is not enabled on this device.");     } 

After that I'm unsure what next to do as this doesn't happen for each user.

If anyone has any thoughts on why this occurs I'd appreciate your input

Answer 1

I was getting the same error, even though I obtained a non-null GoogleMap object from a MapView. I resolved it with an explicit call to MapsInitializer, even though the documentation says it's not needed.

My app's Fragment sets up the MapView via the following:

@Override public View  onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,              Bundle savedInstanceState) {     View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.map_panel, container, false);     mapView = (MapView) view.findViewById(R.id.map_view);     mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);     configureMap(mapView.getMap());     return view; }  private void  configureMap(GoogleMap map, double lat, double lon) {     if (map == null)         return; // Google Maps not available     try {         MapsInitializer.initialize(getActivity());     }     catch (GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException e) {         Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Have GoogleMap but then error", e);         return;     }     map.setMyLocationEnabled(true);     LatLng latLng = new LatLng(lat, lon);     CameraUpdate camera = CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(latLng);     map.animateCamera(camera); } 

Before I added the call to MapsInitializer, I would get an exception from CameraUpdateFactory. After adding the call, CameraUpdateFactory always succeeds.