Why I'm getting NULL

[amrmb09]

Hi,
I have coded an android application and I'm trying to access a member method implemented in an interface...but the result is always NULL which indicates there is something wrong
Please guide me

the method that i\m trying to access is called getprint();

package com.androidbook.CarPosition;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.location.GpsSatellite;
import android.location.GpsStatus;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class CarPositionActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
	
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        
        
        LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) this.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
        LocationListener locationListener = new MyLocationListener();
        
        if(!locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER)){
        	AlertDialog.Builder noGps = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
        	noGps.setMessage("GPS is off. Please turn on GPS an restart App.");
        	noGps.show();
        }
        
        try
        {
        	locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 1, 2, locationListener);
        }
        catch(IllegalArgumentException e)
        {
        	TextView tv1 = new TextView(this);
            tv1.setText("Provider or Lisetner is null");
            setContentView(tv1);	
        }
        catch(RuntimeException e)
        {
        	TextView tv2 = new TextView(this);
            tv2.setText("No suitable permission or the calling thread has no looper");
            setContentView(tv2);
        }
        //String txt = ((MyLocationListener) locationListener).getprint();
        TextView tv2 = new TextView(this);
        tv2.setText(""+((MyLocationListener) locationListener).getprint());
        setContentView(tv2);
        /*String latitude = ((MyLocationListener) locationListener).getRegisteredLocationLat();
        TextView tv3 = new TextView(this);
        tv3.setText(" hi "+latitude);
        setContentView(tv3);*/   
        
        
        
    }

    
    }

package com.androidbook.CarPosition;

import com.androidbook.CarPosition.R;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.ContextWrapper;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MyLocationListener implements LocationListener {

	String tt;
	String longitude;
	String latitude;
	
	/*TextView lon;
	TextView lat;
	lon = (TextView) void findViewById(R.id.lon);
    lat = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.lat);
    lon.setText("LON");
	lat.setText("LAT");*/
	
	@Override
	public void onLocationChanged(Location loc) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		
	    
               
        String text = "current location is: " + "latitude = " +Location.convert(loc.getAltitude(), Location.FORMAT_DEGREES) +
        		                                "longitude = " +Location.convert(loc.getLongitude(), Location.FORMAT_DEGREES);
        /*lon.setText(String.valueOf(text);
		lat.setText(String.valueOf(loc.getLatitude()));*/ 
        //setprint(text);
        
        //setRegisteredLocationLat(loc);
        //setRegisteredLocationLong(loc);
        
        //Toast.makeText(context.getApplicationContext(), "location changed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	}
	
	public void setprint(String t)
	{
	    tt=t;
	}
	
	public String getprint()
	{
		return tt;
	}

	/*public void setRegisteredLocationLat(Location loc) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		 latitude=Location.convert(loc.getLatitude(), Location.FORMAT_DEGREES);
	}*/
	/*public void setRegisteredLocationLong(Location loc) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		 longitude=Location.convert(loc.getLongitude(), Location.FORMAT_DEGREES);
	}*/
	
	/*public String getRegisteredLocationLong() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		return longitude;
	}*/

	/*public String getRegisteredLocationLat() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		return latitude;
	}*/



	@Override
	public void onProviderDisabled(String arg0) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

	}

	@Override
	public void onProviderEnabled(String arg0) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

	}

	@Override
	public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

	}

}

[Norm]

What variable is null? Where do you give that variable a non null value?

[amrmb09]

variable tt and t

they should were assigned values when setprint() and getprint are called

[Norm]

Is setprint() called with a non null value before getprint() is called?

[amrmb09]

yes setprint(text);
text should be a text that i want to display it to the user
please see line 22 and 24 in the 2nd java code

[Norm]

Is setprint() called with a non null value before getprint() is called?

Is there more than one instance of the class? One has the value and the other does not.
Add a debugging println to the constructor to see if it is called more than once.

[amrmb09]

yes setprint(text);
text is a varible of type string the contains a text that i want to display it
please see line 22 and 24 in the 2nd java file

[Norm]

Is there more than one instance of the class? One has the value and the other does not.
Add a debugging println to the constructor to see if it is called more than once.

[amrmb09]

please see lines 23 and 43 in the 1st java file
sorry i dont know what is that "Add a debugging println to the constructor to see if it is called more than once."

[Norm]

You need to determine why the value of tt in one instance of the object is not seen by the getprint method.
What if there are more than one instance of the object? One object has a good tt value and the other one has a null value.
What if you call the getprint method on the one with the null value, not on the one with the good value?

In java SE you could detect if there are more than one instances of the object by adding this line to the constructor:
System.out.println("hi from the constructor");
If you saw this printed out more than one time, you would know there are more than one instance of the object.

[amrmb09]

now i have modified the code so that i have one instance only of the class and still i get null

[Norm]

Then either setprint is NOT being called or setprint is called with a null value.
Add some debug statements in setprint to show that it is being called and to show what value it receives.

[amrmb09]

ok, i will try it but sorry i have to go now
regards

[amrmb09]

I solved my problem by merginging both of the class the extends activity and the class that implements myinterface in one file..actually, i dont know why when i splitted both of them into 2 different files i receive errors. Anyway, i have another question or problem which is:
can i use 2 listeners in the same class, in other words, in my application i have the following:

try
{
locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationMan ager.GPS_PROVIDER, 1, 2, this); // this=>refers to the listener
}

and i want to use another different listener listener, how can i do that..and i think i cant write the same sentence mentioned above with "this" keyword because by doins so, i will refere to the same listener interface.
please see below my code:

package com.androidbookCarCurrentPosition;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class CarCurrentPositionActivity extends Activity implements LocationListener{
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
	
    TextView lon;
    TextView lat;
    TextView latMin;
    TextView lonMin;
   
    
	@Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        
        lon    = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.lon);
        lat    = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.lat);
        latMin = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.latMin);
        lonMin = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.lonMin);
               
        lon.setText("LON: ");
		lat.setText("LAT: ");
        latMin.setText("LAT in Minutes: ");
        lonMin.setText("LON in Minutes: ");
        
        LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) this.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
                
        if(!locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER)){
        	AlertDialog.Builder noGps = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
        	noGps.setMessage("GPS is off. Please turn on GPS and restart App.");
        	noGps.show();
        }
        
        try
        {
        	locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 1, 2, this);
        }
        catch(IllegalArgumentException e)
        {
        	TextView tv1 = new TextView(this);
            tv1.setText("Provider or Lisetner is null");
            setContentView(tv1);	
        }
        catch(RuntimeException e)
        {
        	TextView tv2 = new TextView(this);
            tv2.setText("No suitable permission or the calling thread has no looper");
            setContentView(tv2);
        }
               
    }
    
    
    public void onLocationChanged(Location loc) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	      
        /*String text = "current location is: " + "latitude = " +Location.convert(loc.getAltitude(), Location.FORMAT_DEGREES) +
        		                                "longitude = " +Location.convert(loc.getLongitude(), Location.FORMAT_DEGREES);*/
    	
		lon.setText(String.valueOf(loc.getLongitude()));
 		lat.setText(String.valueOf(loc.getLatitude()));
 		lonMin.setText(String.valueOf(Location.convert(loc.getLongitude(), Location.FORMAT_MINUTES)));
 		latMin.setText(String.valueOf(Location.convert(loc.getLatitude(), Location.FORMAT_MINUTES)));
	}
    
	@Override
	public void onProviderDisabled(String arg0) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

	}

	@Override
	public void onProviderEnabled(String arg0) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

	}

	@Override
	public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

	}
}

[Norm]

can i use 2 listeners in the same class

Yes, your class can implement more than one interface. One for each listener.

class TheClass implements Interface1, Interface2, Interface3, .... {

I want to use another different listener

Create an instance of the class that implements the listener and use its reference as an arg to the method you are calling.

[amrmb09]

[QUOTE=Norm;244088]Create an instance of the class that implements the listener and use its reference as an arg to the method you are calling.
would u please give me an example to understand what do u mean better
Regards

[Norm]

ListenerClass lc = new ListenerClass();  // create an instance of a listener class
someObjRef.methodThatWantsListener(lc);   // pass the reference to the listener as an arg to a method

[amrmb09]

ListenerClass lc = new ListenerClass();  // create an instance of a listener class
someObjRef.methodThatWantsListener(lc);   // pass the reference to the listener as an arg to a method

is it could be like this also:

ListenerClass lc = new ListenerClass();
lc.methodThatWantsListener(lc);

or

ListenerClass lc = new ListenerClass();
lc.methodThatWantsListener(this);

please tell me wheather they are right or wrong

[Norm]

Neither looks right.
The listener would not be passed to itself via one of its own methods.
And it would not be passed a reference to the calling class.

[amrmb09]

thanks alot...i will try it and
now i have to go

Regards