I have a very simple app which is just an activity with a tab view on it.
I have initialised and casted everything to as it should be but am continually getting a null pointer error which always links back to
tabHost.setup();
I am using android studio and am new to java. This question has been asked a lot on here but all answers just say to include the setup() and I have already done that.
Here is my .java file:
package com.example.app;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.os.Build;
import android.widget.TabHost;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment())
.commit();
}
TabHost tabHost = (TabHost) findViewById(R.id.tabHost);
tabHost.setup();
TabHost.TabSpec spec1, spec2, spec3;
spec1 = tabHost.newTabSpec("spec1");
spec1.setContent(R.id.tab1);
spec1.setIndicator("Tab1");
tabHost.addTab(spec1);
spec2 = tabHost.newTabSpec("spec2");
spec2.setContent(R.id.tab2);
spec2.setIndicator("Tab2");
tabHost.addTab(spec2);
spec3 = tabHost.newTabSpec("spec3");
spec3.setContent(R.id.tab3);
spec3.setIndicator("Tab3");
tabHost.addTab(spec3);
}
@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();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
/**
* A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
*/
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
public PlaceholderFragment() {
}
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
return rootView;
}
}
}
The only difference between my code and some online tutorials is the public class MainActivity extending to ActionBarActivity and not just Activity. I didn't even do this, it was default when i created a blank project.
The XML file is below also:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="com.example.app.MainActivity$PlaceholderFragment">
<TabHost
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:id="@+id/tabHost"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TabWidget
android:id="@android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TabWidget>
<FrameLayout
android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/tab1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"></LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/tab2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"></LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/tab3"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"></LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>