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PONull pointer exception showing in action bar sherlock library
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copied!<p>I want to implement the search view widget of Sherlock action bar. My problem is <code>OnOptionItemSelected</code> of search view item. I am getting a null pointer exception in library activity.</p> <p>The menu xml:</p> <pre><code><item android:id="@+id/menu_search" android:actionViewClass="com.actionbarsherlock.widget.SearchView" android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search" /> </code></pre> <p>Code snippet for option menu:</p> <pre><code>public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { MenuInflater inflater = getSupportMenuInflater(); inflater.inflate(R.menu.tvguide_menu, menu); MenuItem mSearch = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search); searchView = new SearchView(getSupportActionBar().getThemedContext()); searchView.setQueryHint("Search for countriesâ€¦"); searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this); mSearch.setActionView(searchView); mSearch.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW); } </code></pre> <p>I am getting a forced close on clicking over search android. I have shared my log below</p> <pre><code>04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): java.lang.NullPointerException 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuItemImpl.toString(MenuItemImpl.java:490) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at java.lang.StringBuilder.append(StringBuilder.java:202) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockFragmentActivity.onMenuItemSelected(SherlockFragmentActivity.java:201) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.onMenuItemSelected(PhoneWindow.java:953) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuBuilder.dispatchMenuItemSelected(MenuBuilder.java:735) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuItemImpl.invoke(MenuItemImpl.java:149) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuBuilder.performItemAction(MenuBuilder.java:874) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at com.android.internal.view.menu.ActionMenuView.invokeItem(ActionMenuView.java:491) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at com.android.internal.view.menu.ActionMenuItemView.onClick(ActionMenuItemView.java:110) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:3511) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:14105) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:605) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4438) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551) 04-17 15:10:08.508: E/AndroidRuntime(23283): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) </code></pre>

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