NullPointerException in ContextWrapper.getResources()
android
Solution
You're calling `getResources()` from a field initializer. Something like
private String mStr = getResources().getString(...);
(or with drawables or other kind of resources).
This is not valid, since the Context isn't set up yet. Move this assignment inside the `onCreate()` method.
Problem
I really don't know what's going on with the Android app I'm building. At some point on its development, I started getting it breaking as soon as it starts in the emulator, with the message "Foo stopped". Here is the error log, if anyone could help me: ``` 07-05 21:13:30.063 7647-7647/root.fazerumsom E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main Process: root.fazerumsom, PID: 7647 java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{root.fazerumsom/root.fazerumsom.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2110) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001) 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:785) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601) at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at android.content.ContextWrapper.getResources(ContextWrapper.java:89) at android.view.ContextThemeWrapper.getResources(ContextThemeWrapper.java:78) at root.fazerumsom.MainActivity.<init>(MainActivity.java:31) at java.lang.Class.newInstanceImpl(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:1208) at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1061) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2101) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001) 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:785) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601) at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) ```