Suppress potential NullPointerException in Android Studio

Question

This:

@Nullable Item[] mItems;  public Item getItem(int position) {     return mItems[position]; } 

produces the warning:

Array access 'mItems[position]' may produce NullPointerException 

I want to suppress this warning (I know that getItem() will not be called if mItems is null).

I've tried using the following annotations:

• @SuppressWarnings({"NullableProblems"})
• @SuppressWarnings({"null"})

as well as with the //noinspection notation, but they're all not working.

Using @SuppressWarnings({"all"}) works, but it's obviously not what I'm looking for.

Android Studio doesn't offer any suppression option when I hit alt + enter, just the options to add a (useless) null check.

Answer 1

This works for me, but not sure why AS would want to use constant conditions as the suppressor. I think it has something to do with the skip null check as it's a constant condition (i.e., it'll always not be null).

@Nullable Item[] mItems;  @SuppressWarnings("ConstantConditions") public Item getItem(int position) {     return mItems[position]; } 

Answer 2

If you want to prevent Android Studio from bothering you with those warnings while keeping them in the compiler simply go to Settings -> Editor -> Inspections -> Constant Conditions and Exceptions and uncheck it.

If instead you want to completely remove it then use the proper SuppressWarnings as suggested by the other answers :

@SuppressWarnings("ConstantConditions")