Null pointer Exception - findViewById()

Question

Can anyone help me to find out what can be the issue with this program. In the onCreate() method the findViewById() returns null for all ids and th

Answer 1

add those views to the pager adapter before accessing them.

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    adapter = new MyPagerAdapter();
    pager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.main_pager);
    pager.setAdapter(adapter);

    layout1 = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.first_View);
    layout2 = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.second_View);
    layout3 = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.third_View);

}

in the pager adapter:

public Object instantiateItem(View collection, int position) {
    if(position == 0){
        View layout = inflater.inflate(R.layout.activity_first, null);

        ((ViewPager) collection).addView(layout);

        return layout;
    } 
    ... and so forth.

}

from here you can access them via findViewById.