i'm building an android application for my degree. i need to get all contacts from phone for begin the apllication (later i need also to get emails etcetc). so i used two classes
Degree_thesisActivity
public class Degree_thesisActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
GetFromPhone gf = new GetFromPhone();
gf.getContacts();
}
}
GetFromPhone.java
class GetFromPhone extends Activity {
public void getContacts() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
/**Declare a Contacts Cursor which have a list of all contacts*/
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);
/**Move while cursor has another istance to process*/
while(cursor.moveToNext()){
/**Get the contact name pointed by cursor at that time*/
cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
String contactID = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
/**show the contact pointed.THIS WILL BE MODIFIED FURTHER!!!!*/
new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
.setMessage(contactID)
.setNeutralButton("ok", new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
})
.show();
}
}
}
but i get this error :
05-05 15:49:20.060: E/AndroidRuntime(824): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{it.paki.degreethesis/it.paki.degreethesis.Degree_thesisActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
why?anybody can help me?