Android GoogleMap or SupportMapFragment - null pointer exception

Question

In my app i showing google map version2 in a fragment. but i get Null pointer exception at

mMap = ((SupportMapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id

Answer 1

mMap = ((SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map)).getMap();

if(map != null) {
         mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions() .position(new LatLng(xxxxxx,xxxxxx)) .title("Current Location")
         .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromResource(R.drawable.ball_pointer))
         .snippet("xxxxx"));
}

<meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
            android:value="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" />

place your google api key here. You get from google Read the documentation.

Answer 2

try to change this:

FragmentManager myFM = getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager();

final SupportMapFragment myMAPF = (SupportMapFragment) myFM
                .findFragmentById(R.id.map);