Weird NullPointerException in Spinner
android, android-4.4-kitkat, java, nullpointerexception, spinner
Solution
As Peterdk describe here . You dont need to remove
android:ellipsize="marquee"
He suggests using:
inflater.inflate(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, null);//WRONG inflater.inflate(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, parent, false);//GOOD
That fixed my issue. I guess Android 4.4 is trying to be strict about inflating layout
Problem
Since Android 4.4 KitKat, i have weird crashes in my applications. It seems that it has something to do with spinner. This stacktrace of bug i am receiving: ``` java.lang.NullPointerException at android.widget.TextView.makeNewLayout(TextView.java:6124) at android.widget.TextView.onMeasure(TextView.java:6400) at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16458) at android.widget.Spinner.setUpChild(Spinner.java:632) at android.widget.Spinner.makeView(Spinner.java:595) at android.widget.Spinner.getBaseline(Spinner.java:431) at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureHorizontal(LinearLayout.java:1089) at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:590) at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16458) at com.android.internal.widget.ActionBarView.onMeasure(ActionBarView.java:1011) at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16458) at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5125) at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:310) at com.android.internal.widget.ActionBarContainer.onMeasure(ActionBarContainer.java:271) at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16458) at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5125) at com.android.internal.widget.ActionBarOverlayLayout.onMeasure(ActionBarOverlayLayout.java:254) at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16458) at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5125) at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:310) at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.onMeasure(PhoneWindow.java:2289) at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16458) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performMeasure(ViewRootImpl.java:1914) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.measureHierarchy(ViewRootImpl.java:1111) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1293) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:998) at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:5582) at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:749) at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:562) at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:532) at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:735) at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4998) 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:777) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:593) at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) ``` I have spinner navigation in actionbar and i think that it has something to do with it. I am using ABS.I have track down error to getView method of my spinner array adapter. Here is my getView method: ``` @Override public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) { if (LoginUtils.isLogged()) { items[Properties.NAVIG_ITEM_MY_PROFILE] = LoginUtils.getTextForAdapter(); } else { items[Properties.NAVIG_ITEM_MY_PROFILE] = context.getString(R.string.userProfile); } View view = convertView; if (view == null) { LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE); view = vi.inflate(R.layout.ab_spinner_item, null); } String text = items[position]; TextView menu = (TextView) view.findViewById(android.R.id.text1); if (title == null) { menu.setText(text); } else { menu.setText(title); } return view; } ``` If i comment this lines: ``` //if (title == null) { menu.setText(text); // } else { // menu.setText(title); // } ``` problem disappears. Does anyone have any idea?