RecyclerView NullPointerException Issue in getItemCount

Question

Please look into this and let me know what went wrong.

public class MyAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<MyAdapter.ViewHolder> {
    private ItemData[] itemsData;

    public MyAdapter(ItemData[] itemsData) {
        this.itemsData = itemsData;
    }

    public MyAdapter(String[] titles, int[] icons, String name, String email, int profile) {}

    // Create new views (invoked by the layout manager)
    @Override
    public MyAdapter.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent,
        View itemLayoutView = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.tab1list, null);
        // create ViewHolder
        ViewHolder viewHolder = new ViewHolder(itemLayoutView);
        return viewHolder;
    }

    // Replace the contents of a view (invoked by the layout manager)
    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder viewHolder, int position) {
        // - get data from your itemsData at this position
        // - replace the contents of the view with that itemsData
        viewHolder.txtViewTitle.setText(itemsData[position].getTitle());
        viewHolder.imgViewIcon.setImageResource(itemsData[position].getImageUrl());
    }

    // inner class to hold a reference to each item of RecyclerView
    public static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        public TextView txtViewTitle;
        public ImageView imgViewIcon;

        public ViewHolder(View itemLayoutView) {
            super(itemLayoutView);
            txtViewTitle = (TextView) itemLayoutView.findViewById(R.id.abb);
            imgViewIcon = (ImageView) itemLayoutView.findViewById(R.id.baa);
        }
    }

    // Return the size of your itemsData (invoked by the layout manager)
    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return itemsData.length;// here im getting the `null` pointer exception error
    }
}

Null pointer exception at return itemsData.length; i need to design a listview inside a pager or inside a sliding tablayout. but im getting this error.

Answer 1

Your itemsData parameter passed to the MyAdapter's constructor is null or you are using the second constructor which is not initializes the itemsData class member. You can check it for null and return 0 from the getItemCount method:

@Override
public int getItemCount() {
    return itemsData == null ? 0 : itemsData.length;
}