setSupportActionBar() throws Nullpointer exception

Question

I am new to android and i was following following tutorial for Material Design Toolbar :

http://www.android4devs.com/2014/12/how-to-make-material-design-app.         


        

Answer 1

You need to call setContentView BEFORE adding any Views such as the Toolbar.

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);         // <-- call this first

    toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar); // <-- setup views after

    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
    setTitle("DDIT_Results");
}

Please see the Official Android Developers blog here: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2014/10/appcompat-v21-material-design-for-pre.html

Action Bar

To use Toolbar as an Action Bar, first disable the decor-provided Action Bar. The easiest way is to have your theme extend from Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar (or its light variant).

Second, create a Toolbar instance, usually via your layout XML:

The height, width, background, and so on are totally up to you; these are just good examples. As Toolbar is just a ViewGroup, you can style and position it however you want.

Then in your Activity or Fragment, set the Toolbar to act as your Action Bar:

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.blah);

    final Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.my_awesome_toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
}

From this point on, all menu items are displayed in your Toolbar, populated via the standard options menu callbacks.