title: NullPointerException in getView Of Adapter extends BaseAdapter
body: <p>I am populating listview for search in tabwidget.My list contain an image and textview.Without TabWidget it works fines but in TabWidget it gives error .I have error  in getview My locat is</p>
  
  <pre><code>08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166): java.lang.NullPointerException
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at com.example.project.SearchDictionaryActivity$MyCustomAdapter.getView(SearchDictionaryActivity.java:392)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.AbsListView.obtainView(AbsListView.java:2485)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.ListView.measureHeightOfChildren(ListView.java:1250)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.ListView.onMeasure(ListView.java:1161)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.View.measure(View.java:12842)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4712)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1385)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:670)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:563)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.View.measure(View.java:12842)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4712)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:293)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.View.measure(View.java:12842)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4712)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1385)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:670)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:563)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.View.measure(View.java:12842)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4712)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:293)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.onMeasure(PhoneWindow.java:2242)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.View.measure(View.java:12842)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4712)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:293)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.View.measure(View.java:12842)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4712)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1385)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:670)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:563)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.View.measure(View.java:12842)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4712)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:293)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.View.measure(View.java:12842)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4712)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:293)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.View.measure(View.java:12842)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4712)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1385)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:670)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:563)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.View.measure(View.java:12842)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4712)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:293)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.onMeasure(PhoneWindow.java:2242)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.View.measure(View.java:12842)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1240)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.view.ViewRootImpl.handleMessage(ViewRootImpl.java:2632)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4517)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:993)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:760)
  08-07 16:24:44.300: E/AndroidRuntime(20166):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>My search_dictionary_item_item.xml is</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>   &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:gravity="left|center"
      android:paddingBottom="5dp"
      android:paddingLeft="5dp"
      android:paddingTop="10dp" &gt;
  
      &lt;ImageView
          android:id="@+id/ImageView01"
          android:layout_width="50dp"
          android:layout_height="60dp" &gt;
      &lt;/ImageView&gt;
  
      &lt;TextView
          android:id="@+id/TextView01"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
          android:textColor="#0099CC"
          android:textSize="20dp"
          android:textStyle="bold" &gt;
      &lt;/TextView&gt;
  
      &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>my line <strong>392</strong> which is</p>
  
  <pre><code>at com.example.project.SearchDictionaryActivity$MyCustomAdapter.getView(SearchDictionaryActivity.java:392)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>is</p>
  
  <pre><code>    TextView textview = (TextView) row.findViewById(R.id.TextView01);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i have tried 2 suggestion </p>
  
  <p><strong>1.</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code> public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
      {
  
            View row=convertView;
            Context c = null;
  
            if(convertView==null){
            LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater(null);
            row = inflater.inflate(R.layout.search_dictionary_item_item, parent, false);
           }
  
      TextView textview = (TextView) row.findViewById(R.id.TextView01);
      ImageView imageview = (ImageView) row.findViewById(R.id.ImageView01);
  
      textview.setText(data_text[position]);
      imageview.setImageBitmap(data_image[position]);
  
      return (row);
  
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>for placing null getLayoutInflater(null); I get</p>
  
  <pre><code>The method getLayoutInflater() in the type Activity is not applicable for the arguments (null)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>2.Sugesstion</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
      {
  
     // LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater();
      View row;
      LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) convertView.getContext().getSystemService( Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE );
  
      row = inflater.inflate(R.layout.search_dictionary_item_item, parent, false);
  
      TextView textview = (TextView) row.findViewById(R.id.TextView01);
      ImageView imageview = (ImageView) row.findViewById(R.id.ImageView01);
  
      textview.setText(data_text[position]);
      imageview.setImageBitmap(data_image[position]);
  
      return (row);
  
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Both Doesnot work with Logcat given Above</strong></p>