I finished the code for the Silent Mode Toggle Application (android apps for dummies). My code is identical with the one in the book, with little exceptions because of the newer android. Everything works fine, but if I start the app, it crashes with the error message: Unfortunately, Silent Mode Toggle has stopped.
I found out, that the problem is something with the setOnClickListener method.
There are no little compile errors, eclipse says everything is cool.
The relevant part of the Code:
package com.dummies.android.silentmodetoggle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.media.AudioManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.os.Build;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private AudioManager mAudioManager;
private boolean mPhoneIsSilent;
@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();
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
mAudioManager = (AudioManager) getSystemService(AUDIO_SERVICE);
checkIfPhoneIsSilent();
setButtonClickListener();
}
private void setButtonClickListener(){
Button toggleButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.toggleButton);
toggleButton.setOnClickListener (new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick (View v){
if (mPhoneIsSilent) {
mAudioManager.setRingerMode(AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_NORMAL);
mPhoneIsSilent=false;
} else {
mAudioManager.setRingerMode(AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_SILENT);
mPhoneIsSilent=true;
}
// toggleUi();
}
});
}
private void checkIfPhoneIsSilent(){
int ringerMode = mAudioManager.getRingerMode();
if (ringerMode == AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_SILENT){
mPhoneIsSilent = true;
} else {
mPhoneIsSilent = false;
}
}
If i comment the body of the setButtonClickListener method with // out, so that it has just the first line left: Button toggleButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.toggleButton); than the application doesn't crash. So, somehow the setOnClickListener (with the inherited onClick) makes the trouble.
I checked the other system files, but as mentioned, there are no compile errors, I checked your site too, but I haven't found this question. So I have no idea now.
I would appreciate any ideas and help. Sorry for the probably very amateur question. Thank you very much! Z
hi, thank you for your reply
hello, thanks for your reply!
Android 4.4.2 in the manifest:
i hope this is the stack trace you mentioned:
04-07 12:58:32.560: D/AndroidRuntime(2370): Shutting down VM
04-07 12:58:32.560: W/dalvikvm(2370): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0xb2a7aba8)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): Process: com.dummies.android.silentmodetoggle, PID: 2370
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.dummies.android.silentmodetoggle/com.dummies.android.silentmodetoggle.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2195)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2245)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at com.dummies.android.silentmodetoggle.MainActivity.setButtonClickListener(MainActivity.java:43)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at com.dummies.android.silentmodetoggle.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:36)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2159)
04-07 12:58:32.580: E/AndroidRuntime(2370): ... 11 more
