Working on an Android app where each activity has its own timer. Originally I had code like this in every class
public void tTimer() {
mTextField = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.countDown_timer);
final CountDownTimer tCounter = new CountDownTimer(7000, 1000) {
@Override
public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
mTextField
.setText("Time Remaining: "
+ String.format(
"%d min, %d sec",
TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
.toMinutes(millisUntilFinished),
TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
.toSeconds(millisUntilFinished)
- TimeUnit.MINUTES
.toSeconds(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
.toMinutes(millisUntilFinished))));
}
@Override
public void onFinish() {
mTextField.setText("Done!");
Intent i = new Intent (ColdActivity.this, PopUpActivity.class);
startActivity(i);
}
};
Button startButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.timer_button_start);
/* When the Start Button is touched, the Countdown Timer will start */
startButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(
ColdActivity.this);
builder.setNegativeButton("Dismiss",
new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface arg0, int arg1) {
tCounter.start();
// Once the user has been notified that they should increase
// their alarm volume, and they dismiss the notification, the timer
// will start
}
});
builder.setTitle("Notification");
builder.setMessage("It is recommended that you turn your Alarm/Ringtone volume on so that you can hear the alarm when it is finished");
AlertDialog dlg = builder.create();
dlg.show();
}
});
Button stopButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.timer_button_cancel);
/* When the Stop Button is touched, the Countdown Timer will stop */
stopButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
tCounter.cancel();
}
});
}
I am now trying to create a new class that has a method called tTimer() like in the above code, so that I can instantiate a new object of that class, and then call the method in onCreate(), that way I don't have to rewrite timer code in every class, like I had previously done.
I tried to parameterize the method like this:
CustomTimerActivity cGT = new CustomTimerActivity();
cGT.tTimer(7000, ColdActivity.this, R.id.countDown_timer, R.id.timer_button_start, R.id.timer_button_cancel);
And what I keep getting is a NullPointerException, which points to my class called CustomTimerActivity
Why am I not able to pass the resource Id's as parameters? Or is the NPE coming from something else?
Here is the CustomTimerActivity I made:
public class CustomTimerActivity extends Activity {
TextView mTextField;
int mId;
public void tTimer(long millisecs, final Activity activity1, int tv, int start, int cancel) {
mTextField = (TextView) findViewById(tv);
final CountDownTimer tCounter = new CountDownTimer(millisecs, 1000) {
@Override
public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
mTextField
.setText("Time Remaining: "
+ String.format(
"%d min, %d sec",
TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
.toMinutes(millisUntilFinished),
TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
.toSeconds(millisUntilFinished)
- TimeUnit.MINUTES
.toSeconds(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
.toMinutes(millisUntilFinished))));
}
@Override
public void onFinish() {
mTextField.setText("Done!");
Intent i = new Intent (activity1, PopUpActivity.class);
startActivity(i);
}
};
Button startButton = (Button) findViewById(start);
/* When the Start Button is touched, the Countdown Timer will start */
startButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(
activity1);
builder.setNegativeButton("Dismiss",
new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface arg0, int arg1) {
tCounter.start();
// Once the user has been notified that they should increase
// their alarm volume, and they dismiss the notification, the timer
// will start
}
});
builder.setTitle("Notification");
builder.setMessage("It is recommended that you turn your Alarm/Ringtone volume on so that you can hear the alarm when your tea is finished");
AlertDialog dlg = builder.create();
dlg.show();
}
});
Button stopButton = (Button) findViewById(cancel);
/* When the Stop Button is touched, the Countdown Timer will stop */
stopButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
tCounter.cancel();
}
});
}
}
The issue must be something to do with findViewById() and the Id that is used as input, right?
Here is another NullPointerException I get when the Intent is called.
