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Farouk Charkas
1,957 PointsMay someone translate this error?
09-19 13:55:21.950 8661-8661/? I/art﹕ Not late-enabling -Xcheck:jni (already on)
09-19 13:55:22.074 8661-8661/thelaifgroup.laif D/AndroidRuntime﹕ Shutting down VM
09-19 13:55:22.075 8661-8661/thelaifgroup.laif E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: thelaifgroup.laif, PID: 8661
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{thelaifgroup.laif/thelaifgroup.laif.SplashActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.content.Context.getPackageName()' on a null object reference
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2236)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2390)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1303)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5257)
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:903)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.content.Context.getPackageName()' on a null object reference
at android.content.ContextWrapper.getPackageName(ContextWrapper.java:132)
at android.content.ComponentName.<init>(ComponentName.java:77)
at android.content.Intent.<init>(Intent.java:4160)
at thelaifgroup.laif.SplashActivity.<init>(SplashActivity.java:29)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:1606)
at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1066)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2226)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2390)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1303)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5257)
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:903)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698)
09-19 13:55:25.518 8661-8661/thelaifgroup.laif I/Process﹕ Sending signal. PID: 8661 SIG: 9
I will post my code on request.