Attempt to invoke interface method on a null object reference finishComposingText()

Question

I am running robotium on a nexus 6 and getting the following error

 java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method      'boolean android.view.inputmethod.InputConnection.finishComposingText()' on      a null object reference
 at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.finishComposingText(InputConnectionWrapper.java:78)
 at android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager.reportFinishInputConnection(InputMethodManager.java:859)
 at android.view.ViewRootImpl$ViewRootHandler.handleMessage(ViewRootImpl.java:3253)
 at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
 at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
 at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899)
 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)

The line in question is:

     solo.enterText((android.widget.EditText) solo.getView("amount"), "11.11");

I have verified that the field exists, not sure what else could be causing the problem. Any help would be appreciated

Well, I'd *start* by extracting the `EditText` part as a local variable, so you can be *sure* that you've managed to get it (so it's not a `null` value) before you pass it to the method... — Jon Skeet, Jan 21 '15 at 21:19

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 12 '18 at 08:03

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This happened to me because of Advanced Profiling option is enabled. To disable the advanced profiling, follow these steps:

1.Select Run > Edit Configurations. 2.Select your app module in the left pane. 3.Click the Profiling tab, and then uncheck Enable advanced profiling.

answered Jun 12 '18 at 08:03

Dhananjay

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Not every hero wear capes – noobEinstien Jun 14 '18 at 11:58

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '16 at 19:47

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It looks like you getting wrong EditText since you confirmed that returned instance is EditText.

android.widget.EditText editText= (android.widget.EditText)solo.getView("amount");
// validate here that you got right text by any method, for example getText()
solo.enterText(editText, "11.11");

and if this one doesn't work you can use direct access without solo:

editText.setText("11.11");

answered Feb 12 '16 at 19:47

Alex

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im going to accept this. I had issue years ago and can't remember what I did to fix it. Thanks for answering – FriendlyMikhail Feb 13 '16 at 00:58

Attempt to invoke interface method on a null object reference finishComposingText()

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