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Android Build a Self-Destructing Message Android App Retrieving and Viewing Messages Creating a Custom List Adapter for Messages

Jie Ding
Jie Ding
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Posted by Jie Ding
Jie Ding
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Why my Ribbit could not be launched after adding the custom MessageAdapter?

My code is exactly the same as in the lecture of "Creating a custom list adapter for messages", but it goes to error. From the logcat, the error comes from the NullPointerException from the getView() method in the MessageAdapter class. I still do not know why. Can anyone help me? I really appreciate your help!

1 Answer

Jie Ding
Jie Ding
4,839 Points
Jie Ding
Jie Ding
4,839 Points

OK I have solved the issue. I modified the getView() methods provided in the lecture to the following code. Hope it will help someone with similar problems.

@Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        View rowView = convertView;

        if (rowView == null) {
            rowView = LayoutInflater.from(mContext).inflate(R.layout.message_item, null);
            ViewHolder viewHolder = new ViewHolder();
            viewHolder.iconImageView = (ImageView) rowView.findViewById(R.id.message_icon);
            viewHolder.nameLabel = (TextView) rowView.findViewById(R.id.sender_label);
            rowView.setTag(viewHolder);
        }

        ViewHolder holder = (ViewHolder) rowView.getTag(); 

        ParseObject message = mMessages.get(position);

        if (message.getString(ParseConstants.KEY_FILE_TYPE).equals(ParseConstants.TYPE_IMAGE)) {
            holder.iconImageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_action_picture);
        }
        else {
            holder.iconImageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_action_play_over_video);
        }
        holder.nameLabel.setText(message.getString(ParseConstants.KEY_SENDER_NAME));

        return rowView;
    }