Implementing Fragment View

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I was implenting the wrong view when trying to inflate the fragment, This lead to the incorrect and pointer error. rootview was changed to the below with the correct layout

        rootview = inflater.inflate(R.layout.main_layout, container, false);

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Well, any statements you place after the return statement turns into an unreachable one. The return statement should be the last statement in onCreateView, after you have initialized your views.