I am developing an application in which I am using recycler view. When I am trying to display recycler view from a fragment I am getting this error 'Attempt to invoke interface method 'int java.util.List.size()' on a null object reference
at Adapters.PostAdapter.getItemCount'
Why is this error occurring and how can I fix this?
What I have tried:
My HomeFragment.java Code:
package Fragments; import android.os.Bundle; import androidx.annotation.ContentView; import androidx.annotation.NonNull; import androidx.annotation.Nullable; import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment; import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager; import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView; import android.view.LayoutInflater; import android.view.View; import android.view.ViewGroup; import com.smart.instagram.R; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import Adapters.PostAdapter; import Models.PostsModel; public class HomeFragment extends Fragment { RecyclerView story_rv; RecyclerView posts_rv; LinearLayoutManager layoutManager; List<PostsModel> postsList; PostAdapter postAdapter; public HomeFragment() { // Required empty public constructor @Override public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) { View parentHolder = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_home, container, false); // //posts rv return parentHolder; @Override public void onViewCreated( @NonNull View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) { super .onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState); story_rv = getView().findViewById(R.id.story_rv); posts_rv = getView().findViewById(R.id.post_rv); postAdapter = new PostAdapter(postsList); layoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(getContext()); layoutManager.setOrientation(RecyclerView.VERTICAL); posts_rv.setLayoutManager(layoutManager); posts_rv.setAdapter(postAdapter); postsList = new ArrayList<>(); postsList.add( new PostsModel(R.drawable.story1, " Elisa Shermon" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_more_vert_24, R.drawable.story1 , R.drawable.ic_baseline_favorite_border_24, " 2.1K" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_chat_bubble_24, " 230" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_send_24, " 100" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_bookmark_border_24)); postsList.add( new PostsModel(R.drawable.story2, " Justin Christian" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_more_vert_24, R.drawable.story2 , R.drawable.ic_baseline_favorite_border_24, " 9.6K" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_chat_bubble_24, " 890" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_send_24, " 409" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_bookmark_border_24)); postsList.add( new PostsModel(R.drawable.story3, " Travel Bug" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_more_vert_24, R.drawable.story3 , R.drawable.ic_baseline_favorite_border_24, " 2.1M" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_chat_bubble_24, " 230K" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_send_24, " 900K" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_bookmark_border_24)); postsList.add( new PostsModel(R.drawable.story4, " Nick Jonas" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_more_vert_24, R.drawable.story4 , R.drawable.ic_baseline_favorite_border_24, " 4M" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_chat_bubble_24, " 450K" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_send_24, " 453" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_bookmark_border_24)); postsList.add( new PostsModel(R.drawable.story5, " The Gaming Beast" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_more_vert_24, R.drawable.story5 , R.drawable.ic_baseline_favorite_border_24, " 2.1K" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_chat_bubble_24, " 230" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_send_24, " 100" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_bookmark_border_24)); postsList.add( new PostsModel(R.drawable.story6, " Food Spot" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_more_vert_24, R.drawable.story1 , R.drawable.ic_baseline_favorite_border_24, " 2.1K" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_chat_bubble_24, " 230" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_send_24, " 100" , R.drawable.ic_baseline_bookmark_border_24)); My PostAdapter Code:-
package Adapters; import android.view.LayoutInflater; import android.view.View; import android.view.ViewGroup; import android.widget.ImageView; import android.widget.TextView; import androidx.annotation.NonNull; import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView; import com.smart.instagram.R; import java.util.List; import Models.PostsModel; public class PostAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<PostAdapter.ViewHolder> { public List<PostsModel> postList; public PostAdapter(List<PostsModel>postList){ this .postList = postList; @NonNull @Override // Implements design of our layout resource file public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder( @NonNull ViewGroup parent, int viewType) { View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.posts_rv, parent, false); return new ViewHolder(view); @Override public void onBindViewHolder( @NonNull ViewHolder holder, int position) { int profile_pic = postList.get(position).getProfile_pic(); int more = postList.get(position).getMore(); int post_image = postList.get(position).getPost_image(); int like = postList.get(position).getLike(); int share = postList.get(position).getShare(); int comment = postList.get(position).getComment(); int bookmark = postList.get(position).getBookmark(); String user_name = postList.get(position).getUser_name(); String like_no = postList.get(position).getLike_no(); String share_no = postList.get(position).getShare_no(); String comment_no = postList.get(position).getComment_no(); holder.setData(profile_pic, more, post_image, like, share, comment, bookmark, user_name, like_no, comment_no, share_no); // Helps to bind data from MainActivity to post_rv @Override public int getItemCount() { return postList.size(); public class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder{ private ImageView profile_img, post_img, more_img, like_img, comment_img, share_img, bookmark_img; private TextView name, like_nos, comment_nos, share_nos; public ViewHolder( @NonNull View itemView) { super (itemView); profile_img = itemView.findViewById(R.id.profile_pic); name = itemView.findViewById(R.id.user_name); more_img = itemView.findViewById(R.id.more); post_img = itemView.findViewById(R.id.post_image); like_img = itemView.findViewById(R.id.like); like_nos = itemView.findViewById(R.id.like_no); share_img = itemView.findViewById(R.id.share); share_nos = itemView.findViewById(R.id.share_no); comment_img = itemView.findViewById(R.id.comment); comment_nos = itemView.findViewById(R.id.comment_no); bookmark_img = itemView.findViewById(R.id.bookmark); public void setData( int profile_pic, int more, int post_image, int like, int share, int comment, int bookmark, String user_name, String like_no, String comment_no, String share_no) { profile_img.setImageResource(profile_pic); more_img.setImageResource(more); post_img.setImageResource(post_image); like_img.setImageResource(like); share_img.setImageResource(share); comment_img.setImageResource(comment); bookmark_img.setImageResource(bookmark); name.setText(user_name); like_nos.setText(like_no); comment_nos.setText(comment_no); share_nos.setText(share_no); public void onViewCreated( @NonNull View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) { super .onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState); story_rv = getView().findViewById(R.id.story_rv); posts_rv = getView().findViewById(R.id.post_rv); postAdapter = new PostAdapter(postsList); // postsList has not been initialised yet. You pass an uninitialised object to the PostAdapter constructor. So when you call postAdapter.getItemCount() it throws the error, because the reference is null. You must initialise the list before you create the adapter.

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