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    copied!<p>I get a nullpointerexception when I do this:</p> <pre><code>EditText[] answers; </code></pre> <p>//At the oncreate method I do this:this is set after the setContent() method.</p> <pre><code> answers=new EditText[6]; answers[0]=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1); answers[1]=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText2); answers[2]=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText3); answers[3]=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText4); answers[4]=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText5); answers[5]=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText6); </code></pre> <p>In the onClickListener of the button I put this:</p> <pre><code>nextQuestion_btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { for(EditText item : answers) { if(item.getText().toString().equals("")) { //nuller Exception here editTextIsEmpty=true; break; } } } </code></pre> <p>why do I get a nullpointerexception... in the if statement?</p> <p>UPDATE; I put all the EditText into an array. All the code is inside the onCreate method</p> <p>This is what I get:</p> <pre><code> 11-29 16:11:24.076: E/AndroidRuntime(616): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 11-29 16:11:24.076: E/AndroidRuntime(616): java.lang.NullPointerException 11-29 16:11:24.076: E/AndroidRuntime(616): at com.NewOrder.SetTest$1.onClick(SetTest.java:95) 11-29 16:11:24.076: E/AndroidRuntime(616): at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2485) 11-29 16:11:24.076: E/AndroidRuntime(616): at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:9080) 11-29 16:11:24.076: E/AndroidRuntime(616): at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587) 11-29 16:11:24.076: E/AndroidRuntime(616): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92) 11-29 16:11:24.076: E/AndroidRuntime(616): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) </code></pre>
 

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