Where to findViewById in a Drawer MainActivity?

I'm using the Android Studio template for the Drawer Navigation. I wanted to add a click event to the drawer's header, but when I try to findViewById in the onCreate() method, I get a null exception. I'm guessing it's because it hasn't been inflated yet. Interesting to me is that findViewById on the drawer_layout and the nav_view returned an object. I tried to do this: ``` drawer.findViewById; ``` and this: ``` navigationView.findViewById; ``` But that still gives me an exception. So my question is two fold: - Why is it that findViewById on drawer_layout and nav_view returned an object while findViewById on iv_profile did not? - Where and how do I avoid the NullPointerException in this case? MainActivity.java ``` public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar); setSupportActionBar(toolbar); FloatingActionButton fab = (FloatingActionButton) findViewById(R.id.fab); fab.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View view) { Snackbar.make(view, "Replace with your own action", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG) .setAction("Action", null).show(); } }); DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout); ActionBarDrawerToggle toggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle( this, drawer, toolbar, R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close); drawer.setDrawerListener(toggle); toggle.syncState(); NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view); navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(this); ImageView profile = (ImageView) navigationView.findViewById(R.id.iv_profile); profile.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { // Null Pointer Exception @Override public void onClick(View v) { Toast.makeText(v.getContext(), "Profile", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } }); } @Override public void onBackPressed() { DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout); if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.START)) { drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START); } else { super.onBackPressed(); } } @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; } @Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) { // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml. int id = item.getItemId(); //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement if (id == R.id.action_settings) { return true; } return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item); } @SuppressWarnings("StatementWithEmptyBody") @Override public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) { // Handle navigation view item clicks here. int id = item.getItemId(); if (id == R.id.nav_camera) { // Handle the camera action } else if (id == R.id.nav_gallery) { } else if (id == R.id.nav_slideshow) { } else if (id == R.id.nav_manage) { } else if (id == R.id.nav_share) { } else if (id == R.id.nav_send) { } DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout); drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START); return true; } } ``` activity_main.xml ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:id="@+id/drawer_layout" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:fitsSystemWindows="true" tools:openDrawer="start"> <include layout="@layout/app_bar_main" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"/> <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView android:id="@+id/nav_view" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_gravity="start" android:fitsSystemWindows="true" app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header_main" app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer"/> </android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout> ``` app_bar_main.xml ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:fitsSystemWindows="true" tools:context="com.example.heng.progressnfitness.MainActivity"> <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay"> <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar android:id="@+id/toolbar" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize" android:background="?attr/colorPrimary" app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"/> </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout> <include layout="@layout/content_main"/> <android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton android:id="@+id/fab" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="bottom|end" android:layout_margin="@dimen/fab_margin" android:src="@android:drawable/ic_dialog_email"/> </android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout> ``` nav_header_main.xml ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="@dimen/nav_header_height" android:background="@drawable/side_nav_bar" android:gravity="bottom" android:orientation="vertical" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark"> <ImageView android:id="@+id/iv_profile" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:paddingTop="@dimen/nav_header_vertical_spacing" android:src="@android:drawable/sym_def_app_icon"/> <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:paddingTop="@dimen/nav_header_vertical_spacing" android:text="Android Studio" android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1"/> <TextView android:id="@+id/textView" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="android.studio@android.com"/> </LinearLayout> ``` content_main.xml ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" tools:context="com.example.heng.progressnfitness.MainActivity" tools:showIn="@layout/app_bar_main"> <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Hello World!"/> </RelativeLayout> ```