Unknown Error:java.lang.nullPointerException [duplicate]

Question

I am very new to developing Android apps, and I hope I am posting this in the right place. I am trying learn how to get the phone Bluetooth to connect to my Bluetooth module. I am trying to use code that I found in a reference book, but it is giving me an error. I have written in Java before but I am having a hard time understanding the structure of an Android app. Anyway the error I am getting is:

Unknown Error: java.lang.nullPointerException

Am I maybe forgetting to import a library that I need, or did I make a packaging mistake when I created the project?

Here is the code:

package android.app.bluetooth;
//import java.io.InputStream;
//import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.UUID;
import java.io.IOException;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
//import android.os.Handler;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothDevice;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothServerSocket;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothSocket;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentFilter;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
//import android.view.View.OnKeyListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ListView;    
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;

public class bluetooth extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    //Get the bluetooth adapter (phone)
    configureBluetooth();

    //Setup ListView of discovered devices
    setupListView();

  //Setup search button
    setupSearchButton();

    //Setup listen button
    setupListenButton();
}

private BluetoothAdapter bluetooth;
private BluetoothSocket socket;
private UUID uuid = UUID.fromString("985c75a3-66ae-4b5b-9fac-894659d6f6ee");
private void configureBluetooth(){
     BluetoothAdapter bluetooth = BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter();
     }

//Create switchUI method that will be called once a connection is 
//established to enable views for reading and writing messages  
private ListView list;
private void switchUI(){
    final TextView messageText = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.text_messages);
    final EditText textEntry = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.text_message);

    messageText.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
    list.setVisibility(View.GONE);
    textEntry.setEnabled(true);
    }

//Create server listener.  Listen button will prompt user to enable discovery
//When discovery window returns, open bluetooth socket to listen for connection       requests for discovery duration
//Once a connection has been made, make a call to switchUI 

private static int DISCOVERY_REQUEST = 1;
private void setupListenButton(){
 Button listenButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button_listen);
 listenButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
  public void onClick(View view){
   Intent disc;
   disc = new Intent(BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_REQUEST_DISCOVERABLE);
   startActivityForResult(disc, DISCOVERY_REQUEST);
      }
     });
    }

//Find out if user has accepted or rejected the request

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data){
    if(requestCode == DISCOVERY_REQUEST){
     boolean isDiscoverable = resultCode > 0;
     if (isDiscoverable){
      String name = "bluetoothserver";
      try{
       final BluetoothServerSocket btserver =    bluetooth.listenUsingRfcommWithServiceRecord(name, uuid);
       AsyncTask<Integer, Void, BluetoothSocket> acceptThread = new AsyncTask<Integer, Void, BluetoothSocket>(){
        @Override
        protected BluetoothSocket doInBackground(Integer ... params){
         try{
          socket = btserver.accept(params[0]*1000);
          return socket;
          } catch (IOException e){
           Log.d("BLUETOOTH", e.getMessage());
          }
          return null;
         }
         @Override
         protected void onPostExecute(BluetoothSocket result){
          if (result != null)
           switchUI();
         }
        };
        acceptThread.execute(resultCode);
       } catch (IOException e){
        Log.d("BLUETOOTH", e.getMessage());
        }
      }
      //int discoverableDuration = resultCode;
     }
    }

//Provide a means for client device to search for listening server
private ArrayAdapter<BluetoothDevice> aa;
private ArrayList<BluetoothDevice> foundDevices;
private void setupListView(){
    aa = new ArrayAdapter<BluetoothDevice>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, foundDevices);
    list = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.list_discovered);
    list.setAdapter(aa);

    //Include onItemClickListener that will attempt to asynchronously initiate a client-side connection
    //with the selected remote Bluetooth Device
    //If successful, keep a reference to the socket it creates and make a call to switchUI
    list.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
     public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View view, int index, long arg3){
      AsyncTask<Integer, Void, Void> connectTask = new AsyncTask<Integer, Void, Void>(){
       @Override
       protected Void doInBackground(Integer ... params){
        try{
         BluetoothDevice device = foundDevices.get(params[0]);
         socket = device.createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord(uuid);
         socket.connect();
        } catch(IOException e){
         Log.d("BLUETOOTH_CLIENT", e.getMessage());
         }
         return null;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(Void result){
         switchUI();
        }
       };
       connectTask.execute(index);
      }
     });
    }

//Create a broadcast receiver that listens for Bluetooth Device discovery broadcasts,
//adds each discovered device to the array of found devices and notifies the Array  Adapter
//Discover remote bluetooth devices
BroadcastReceiver discoveryResult = new BroadcastReceiver(){
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent){
 //String remoteDeviceName = intent.getStringName = intent.getStringExtra(BluetoothDevice.EXTRA_NAME);
 BluetoothDevice remoteDevice; //remote bluetooth device
 remoteDevice = intent.getParcelableExtra(BluetoothDevice.EXTRA_DEVICE);
 if(bluetooth.getBondedDevices().contains(remoteDevice)){
  foundDevices.add(remoteDevice);
  aa.notifyDataSetChanged();
  }
 }
};

    //Register Broadcast Receiver and initiate discovery session
    private void setupSearchButton(){
     Button searchButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button_search);

     searchButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
      public void onClick(View view){
       registerReceiver(discoveryResult, new IntentFilter(BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND));

       if (!bluetooth.isDiscovering()){
        foundDevices.clear();
        bluetooth.startDiscovery();
       }
      }
     });
    }
}

This is the layout file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<EditText
 android:id="@+id/text_message"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
 android:enabled="false"
/>
<Button
 android:id="@+id/button_search"
 android:text="Search for listener"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_above="@id/text_message"
/>
<Button
 android:id="@+id/button_listen"
 android:text="Listen for connection"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_above="@id/button_search"
/> 
<ListView
 android:id="@+id/list_discovered"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="fill_parent"
 android:layout_above="@id/button_listen"
 android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
/>
<TextView 
android:id="@+id/text_messages" 
android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_above="@id/button_listen"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true" 
android:visibility="gone"
/>
</RelativeLayout>

and here is the manifest file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:versionCode="1"
  android:versionName="1.0" package="android.app.bluetooth">
<application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
    <activity android:name=".bluetooth"
              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>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN"/>
</manifest> 

Like I said I am very new to this so I apologize if this doesn't make much sense but any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

In my case it had to do with the fact that I had a reference to an unused project, appcompat_v7 (this is a compatibility library for the action bar to work on older android).

How I solved it:

Right clicked on project, Properties, on Android tab, removed reference to library.

Deleted all the projects in Package Explorer (did not delete them from the disk).

Then I imported my project back again, like this:

Right click, Import, Existing Projects into WorkSpace, select the project folder.

Then I rebuilt it, and there were some errors, some missing resources in styles.xml files.

I deleted the styles.xml files, since I didn't need them.

I deleted this entry from androidmanifest.xml: android:theme="@style/AppTheme".

Answer 2

Try debugging it step by step. That way you'll find the cause of the NullPointerException. Some accessed field will probably be null. Once you know which field, you can prevent the NullPointerException by giving said field a default value..