I am making a fade-in animation to a textview in my project but the application crushes with a null pointer exception
the target is the last textview with id(long_click) and here is the xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/activity_more_options_passowrd_groups"
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"
tools:context="arb.passwordmanager.more_options_passowrd_groups"
android:background="@drawable/settings"
>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#88FFFFFF"
android:id="@+id/groups_layout">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="20dp"
android:text="@string/char_group"
android:textColor="#222222"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/char_group_explain"
android:textColor="#444444"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/checkboxes"
android:orientation="vertical"
></LinearLayout>
<View
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:background="#FF4444"></View>
<CheckBox
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/check_uncheck_all"
android:id="@+id/checkall"
android:checked="true"
android:textColor="#444444"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/long_click_item"
android:textColor="#444444"
android:id="@+id/long_click"/>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
the animation xml is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:duration="3000" >
<alpha android:fromAlpha="0" android:toAlpha="1" />
</set>
the function which calls the animation is
void text_fade_in()
{
TextView textView=(TextView) findViewById(R.id.long_click);
Animation animation= AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getBaseContext(),R.anim.fade_in);
textView.startAnimation(animation);//the exception is here
}
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_more_options_passowrd_groups);
text_fade_in();
}
the animation file is located in R.anim.fade_in
the error is the following
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{arb.passwordmanager/arb.passwordmanager.more_options_passowrd_groups}: java.lang.NullPointerException
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2255)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2309)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:157)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1289)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:176)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5317)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1102)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:869)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at arb.passwordmanager.more_options_passowrd_groups.text_fade_in(more_options_passowrd_groups.java:170)
at arb.passwordmanager.more_options_passowrd_groups.onCreate(more_options_passowrd_groups.java:176)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5326)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1097)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2218)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2309)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:157)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1289)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:176)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5317)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1102)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:869)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
I/Process: Sending signal. PID: 30468 SIG: 9
Disconnected from the target VM, address: 'localhost:8618', transport: 'socket'
I tried to change the target of the animation to another view in the same activity and yet getting the same result
after solving the problem the animation is not working as like there is no animation at all i updated the animation file to
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:fillBefore="true" android:interpolator="@android:anim/accelerate_interpolator" >
<alpha android:fromAlpha="0" android:toAlpha="1" android:duration="3000" />
</set>
but still the animation is not working help me please