Android app crashes on setOnItemSelectedListener

Question

I have a problem with a spinner on a custom actionbar... The app crashes on startup at the istruction "spnJobList.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener()..." and I don't understand the error...

This is the Logcat:

03-28 21:07:06.594  17934-17934/com.robertot.timereport E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: com.robertot.timereport, PID: 17934
    java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.robertot.timereport/com.robertot.timereport.com.robertot.timereport.pages.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2215)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2265)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:145)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1206)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5081)
            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:791)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:607)
            at de.robv.android.xposed.XposedBridge.main(XposedBridge.java:132)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
     Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
            at com.robertot.timereport.com.robertot.timereport.pages.SummaryFragment.onActivityCreated(SummaryFragment.java:53)
            at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performActivityCreated(Fragment.java:1508)
            at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:947)
            at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1104)
            at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:682)
            at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1467)
            at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onStart(FragmentActivity.java:570)
            at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1171)
            at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:5241)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2178)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2265)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:145)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1206)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5081)
            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:791)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:607)
            at de.robv.android.xposed.XposedBridge.main(XposedBridge.java:132)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

This is the MainActivity:

public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity
{
    private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
    private ListView mDrawerList;
    private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;
    private String[] mFragmentTitles;
    private CharSequence mTitle;
    private ActionBar actionBar;
    private Spinner spnJobList;
    private int count_job = 0, FragmentTag;
    private ArrayList<String> stringListName;
    private ArrayList<Integer> stringListValue;
    private TextView titleFragment;
    private Fragment frgm;


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        actionBar = getActionBar();
        actionBar.setCustomView(R.layout.actionbar_item);
        actionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
        actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
        actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
        actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
        actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_STANDARD);

        mTitle = getTitle();
        mFragmentTitles = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.fragments);
        mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout)findViewById(R.id.drawer);
        mDrawerList = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.drawer_list);
        spnJobList = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spnJobList);
        titleFragment = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.titleFragment);
        stringListName = new ArrayList<String>();
        stringListValue = new ArrayList<Integer>();

        mDrawerLayout.setDrawerShadow(R.drawable.drawer_shadow, GravityCompat.START);
        mDrawerList.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.drawer_list_item, mFragmentTitles));
        mDrawerList.setOnItemClickListener(new DrawerItemClickListener());

        mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this,
                mDrawerLayout,
                R.drawable.ic_drawer,
                R.string.drawer_open,
                R.string.drawer_close){
            public void onDrawerClosed(View v)
            {
                titleFragment.setText(getTitle());
                supportInvalidateOptionsMenu();
            }
            public void onDrawerOpened(View v)
            {
                titleFragment.setText("");
                supportInvalidateOptionsMenu();
            }
        };
        mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
        if (savedInstanceState == null){
            selectItem(0);
        }
        PopulateSpinner();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu){
        boolean drawerOpen = mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList);
        menu.findItem(R.id.action_settings).setVisible(!drawerOpen);
        return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
    }

    @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;
    }

    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item){
        switch(item.getItemId()){
            case android.R.id.home:
                if (mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList)){
                    mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList);
                } else {
                    mDrawerLayout.openDrawer(mDrawerList);
                }
                return true;
            case R.id.action_settings:
                startActivity(new Intent(getApplicationContext(), SettingsActivity.class));
                return true;
            case R.id.AddWorkingDay:
                startActivity(new Intent(getApplicationContext(), AddWorkingDayActivity.class));
                return true;
            default:
                return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
    }

    private class DrawerItemClickListener implements ListView.OnItemClickListener{
        @Override
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View v, int position, long id){
            selectItem(position);
        }
    }

    private void selectItem(int position){
        frgm = new SummaryFragment();
        FragmentTag = 0;
        FragmentTransaction fm = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
        switch(position)
        {
            case 0:
                FragmentTag = 0;
                frgm = new SummaryFragment();
                break;
            case 1:
                FragmentTag = 1;
                frgm = new NewJobFragment();
                break;
            case 2:
                FragmentTag = 2;
                frgm = new StatisticsFragment();
                break;
        }
              fm.replace(R.id.content_frame, frgm, String.valueOf(FragmentTag))
                .commit();

        mDrawerList.setItemChecked(position, true);
        setTitle(mFragmentTitles[position]);
        mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList);
    }

    @Override
    public void setTitle(CharSequence title)
    {
        mTitle = title;
        actionBar.setTitle(title);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
        super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
        mDrawerToggle.syncState();
    }

    @Override
    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig){
        super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
        mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
    }

    private void PopulateSpinner()
    {
        DbHelperJob findjob = new DbHelperJob(this);

        try
        {
            QueryBuilder<Job, String> queryBuilder = findjob.getJobDao().queryBuilder();
            List<Job> results = queryBuilder.selectColumns("ID_JOB", "NAME_JOB").orderBy("DEFAULT_JOB", false).query();

            for (Job a : results)
            {
                stringListName.add(a.getName_job());
                stringListValue.add(a.getId());
                count_job ++;
            }

        }
        catch (SQLException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        if (count_job > 0)
        {
            ArrayAdapter<String> spnAdapt = new ArrayAdapter<String> (this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, stringListName);
            spnAdapt.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
            spnJobList.setAdapter(spnAdapt);
            spnJobList.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener()
            {
                @Override
                public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,int position, long id)
                {
                    switch (FragmentTag)
                    {
                        //Summary - Refresh ListView
                        case 0:
                            SummaryFragment sf = (SummaryFragment)getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(String.valueOf(FragmentTag));
                            sf.init(String.valueOf(stringListValue.get(position)));
                            break;
                    }

                }

                @Override
                public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0){}
            });

            findjob.close();
        }
    }
}

This is the custom actionbar layout (actionbar_item.xml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center_vertical">

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/appName"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/app_name"
        android:gravity="center_vertical"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
        android:textColor="#000000" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/titleFragment"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text=""
        android:layout_below="@+id/appName"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
        android:textColor="#000000" />
    </RelativeLayout>

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">
    <Spinner
        android:id="@+id/spnJobList"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:gravity="center"/>
    </RelativeLayout>

</LinearLayout>

This is the onActivityCreated in SummaryFragment():

private ArrayList<String> stringListName;
    private ArrayList<Integer> stringListValue;
    private ActionBar actionBar;
    private TextView titleFragment;

    // onCreate
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    }

    // onActivityCreated
    @Override
    public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);

        actionBar = getActivity().getActionBar();
        stringListName = new ArrayList<String>();
        stringListValue = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        titleFragment.setText(actionBar.getTitle());

        //PopulateSpinner();
        //init();
    }

Thank you!!!

Answer 1

sorry I don't have 50 reputation points for commenting yet. So here goes what I intended to comment.

What is on line 53 of your SummaryFragment code? The error is being caused by a NullPointerException. Surely you're calling something that is null on this line. I would bet that the ActionBar instance is returning Null. try something like this on this line:

titleFragment.setText((actionBar != null) ? actionBar.getTitle() : "ActionBar is Null");

Hope to be of help :D