Actions panel views (stock provider and search) fail after generating a signed apk. When I debug an application from Android studio, it works, but when I create a signed apk and install the application on the device, I get errors like this:
java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.support.v7.widget.SearchView.setQueryHint(java.lang.CharSequence)' on a null object reference at tm.veriloft.ertir.ui.SearchActivity.onCreateOptionsMenu(Unknown Source) at android.app.Activity.onCreatePanelMenu(Activity.java:2820) at android.support.v4.app.o.onCreatePanelMenu(Unknown Source) at android.support.v7.app.ea(Unknown Source) at android.support.v7.app.ga(Unknown Source) at android.support.v7.widget.as.a(Unknown Source) at android.support.v7.internal.aaj(Unknown Source) at android.support.v7.internal.abrun(Unknown Source) at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)
or
java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.support.v7.widget.ah.a(android.content.Intent)' on a null object reference at tm.veriloft.ertir.ui.BlogViewActivity.onCreateOptionsMenu(Unknown Source) at android.app.Activity.onCreatePanelMenu(Activity.java:2820) at android.support.v4.app.o.onCreatePanelMenu(Unknown Source) at android.support.v7.app.ea(Unknown Source) at android.support.v7.app.ga(Unknown Source) at android.support.v7.widget.as.a(Unknown Source) at android.support.v7.internal.aaj(Unknown Source) at android.support.v7.internal.abrun(Unknown Source) at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)
I use the latest support libraries and toolbars. (by setting setSupportActionBar(mToolbar)
).
SearchView xml:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:ertir="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"> <item android:id="@+id/action_search" android:title="@string/title_activity_search" ertir:showAsAction="always" ertir:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView" /> </menu>
Java
@Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.search, menu); MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search); mSearchView = (SearchView) searchItem.getActionView(); mSearchView.setQueryHint(getString(R.string.search_hint)); mSearchView.setFocusable(true); mSearchView.setIconified(false); mSearchView.requestFocusFromTouch(); mSearchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() { @Override public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) { mSearchView.clearFocus(); //Hide keyboard search(query, searchTypeArray.get(searchTypeSpinner.getSelectedItemPosition()).getType()); return false; } @Override public boolean onQueryTextChange(String query) { if (searchTypeArray.get(searchTypeSpinner.getSelectedItemPosition()).getType().equals("blogs")) searchAfter(1100, query, searchTypeArray.get(searchTypeSpinner.getSelectedItemPosition()).getType()); else search(query, searchTypeArray.get(searchTypeSpinner.getSelectedItemPosition()).getType()); return false; } }); return true; }
How can i fix this? As stated above, I only get errors after signing apk.
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