Programmatically Creating MapView and Adding a Marker Results in a null pointer exception in the fragment

Question

I am trying to create a MapView programmatically and add a MarkerPosition as shown below:

MapView mapView = new MapView(getActivity());
((ViewGroup) rootView).addView(mapView);

GoogleMap googleMap = mapView.getMap();
googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
        .position(new LatLng(
                Double.parseDouble(
                        mEvent.getEventInfo().mEventData.mLat),
                Double.parseDouble(
                        mEvent.getEventInfo().mEventData.mLng)))
        .title("Marker"));

Manifest File:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" />

<permission
    android:name="com.example.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
    android:protectionLevel="signature" />

<uses-permission android:name="com.example.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" />

I am getting the following error:

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'com.google.android.gms.maps.model.Marker com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap.addMarker(com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions)' on a null object reference

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 20 '17 at 21:35

because your googleMap is not loaded yet means null and you are adding marker on it which is causing a crash. better to use mapView.getMapAsync(context); rather than mapView.getMap(); and implement this method

    @Override
    public void onMapReady(final GoogleMap map) {
        if(map != null){
        // you are ready to add marker here        
        }
    }

Yoleth · Answer 2 · 2017-01-20T22:12:10.547

Google map should now be loaded async, by adding a MapFragment to your view and then work on it. Something like that will work :

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnMapReadyCallback {

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


        MapView mapView = new MapView(this);
        ((LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.mapWrapper)).addView(mapView);
        mapView.getMapAsync(this);

    }

    @Override
    public void onMapReady(GoogleMap map) {

        map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                .position(new LatLng(0, 0))
                .title("Marker"));
    }

}

With this layout

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/mapWrapper"
    android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

</LinearLayout>

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 20 '17 at 21:34

1

Have your activity implement OnMapReadyCallback and add the marker in OnMapReady() function.

Refer: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-api/start

answered Jan 20 '17 at 21:34

Sindhura Katta

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 07 '18 at 07:10

It turns out that on google play services version 11.8.0 onCreatea() and onResume() are mandatory to see MapView:

@Override public void setupMap(LatLng latLng) {
    if (mapView == null) {
      mapView = new MapView(getActivity());
      rootLayout.addView(mapView);
      mapView.onCreate(Bundle.EMPTY);
    }
    mapView.getMapAsync(map -> {
      map.clear();
      map.addCircle(MapUtil.makeDefaultGreenCircle(getActivity(), latLng));
    });
  }

@Override public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    mapView.onResume();
  }

Programmatically Creating MapView and Adding a Marker Results in a null pointer exception in the fragment

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