title: main.xml: java.lang.NullPointerException Android Eclipse Error
body: <p>So I just installed the Android SDK and the ADT addon for eclipse and ran into a problem.</p>
  
  <p>When I go to the graphical layout in main.xml no layout shows up. Instead I just get this error </p>
  
  <pre><code>    $java.lang.NullPointerException
  at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.getInitELC(Unknown Source)
  at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.initFontConfig(Unknown Source)
  at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.&lt;init&gt;(Unknown Source)
  at sun.awt.windows.WFontConfiguration.&lt;init&gt;(Unknown Source)
  at sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment.createFontConfiguration(Unknown Source)
  at sun.java2d.SunGraphicsEnvironment$2.run(Unknown Source)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at sun.java2d.SunGraphicsEnvironment.&lt;init&gt;(Unknown Source)
  at sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment.&lt;init&gt;(Unknown Source)
  at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
  at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
  at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
  at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(Unknown Source)
  at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.getDefaultFrc(Unknown Source)
  at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.getMetrics(Unknown Source)
  at sun.awt.SunToolkit.getFontMetrics(Unknown Source)
  at sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.getFontMetrics(Unknown Source)
  at android.graphics.Paint_Delegate.updateFontObject(Paint_Delegate.java:1062)
  at android.graphics.Paint_Delegate.reset(Paint_Delegate.java:1039)
  at android.graphics.Paint_Delegate.&lt;init&gt;(Paint_Delegate.java:991)
  at android.graphics.Paint_Delegate.native_init(Paint_Delegate.java:614)
  at android.graphics.Paint.native_init(Paint.java)
  at android.graphics.Paint.&lt;init&gt;(Paint.java:194)
  at android.graphics.Paint.&lt;init&gt;(Paint.java:184)
  at android.view.ViewGroup.&lt;init&gt;(ViewGroup.java:278)
  at android.widget.LinearLayout.&lt;init&gt;(LinearLayout.java:116)
  at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.impl.RenderSessionImpl.inflate(RenderSessionImpl.java:227)
  at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.Bridge.createSession(Bridge.java:318)
  at com.android.ide.common.rendering.LayoutLibrary.createSession(LayoutLibrary.java:325)
  at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.RenderService.createRenderSession(RenderService.java:372)
  at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart.renderWithBridge(GraphicalEditorPart.java:1317)
  at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart.recomputeLayout(GraphicalEditorPart.java:1071)
  at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart$ConfigListener.onConfigurationChange(GraphicalEditorPart.java:493)
  at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.configuration.ConfigurationComposite.onRenderingTargetChange(ConfigurationComposite.java:2192)
  at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.configuration.ConfigurationComposite.access$4(ConfigurationComposite.java:2157)
  at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.configuration.ConfigurationComposite$2.widgetSelected(ConfigurationComposite.java:441)
  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:234)
  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053)
  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4066)
  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3657)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2640)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2604)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2438)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:671)
  at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:664)
  at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:115)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
  at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
  at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
  at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:369)
  at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:620)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:575)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1408)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1384)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It doesnt matter what android version I am in I still get this error. I have tried uninstalling the SDK and the addon and to no avail. I am using SDK r14 tools and the ADT 14.0.</p>
  
  <p>Anyone got any suggestions </p>