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nullpointerexception in wyswig xml layout in eclipse for android and visual-artifacts

I'm currently developing an application for Android which needs to use a custom made Tabs. I have encountered two problems:

I will start from my first problem:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at android.widget.TabWidget.initTabWidget(TabWidget.java:115)
at android.widget.TabWidget.<init>(TabWidget.java:86)
at android.widget.TabWidget.<init>(TabWidget.java:69)
...

I'm getting this exception when i want to switch from a text mode to wyswig mode in Eclipse. This is the actual xml code that gives me that error:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@android:id/tabhost" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

    <LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent">

       <FrameLayout android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"
           android:layout_width="fill_parent"
           android:layout_height="0dip"
           android:layout_weight="1"
           android:padding="20dip"
           android:background="#fff" />

       <RadioGroup android:layout_width="fill_parent"
           android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           android:orientation="horizontal"
           android:checkedButton="@+id/first"
           android:id="@+id/states">
           <RadioButton android:id="@+id/first"
               android:background="#FF00FF"
               android:width="80dip"
               android:height="70dip" />
           <RadioButton android:id="@+id/second"
               android:background="#FFFFFF"
               android:width="80dip"
               android:height="70dip" />
           <RadioButton android:id="@+id/third"
               android:background="#00FFFF"
               android:width="80dip"
               android:height="70dip" />
           <RadioButton android:id="@+id/fourth"
               android:background="#0000FF"
               android:width="80dip"
               android:height="70dip" />
       </RadioGroup>

      <TabWidget android:id="@android:id/tabs"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:layout_weight="0"
          android:visibility="gone" />  
    </LinearLayout>
</TabHost>

Now the second problem is an Graphic-Artifact: http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/8216/99725485.png

How can i resolve my problems?

Solution

  • I have managed to fix what i though was a visual-artifact:

    <FrameLayout android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1" android:background="#FFFFFF" />

    also it seems that whenever i use TabHost and TabWidget in my projects i'm getting that exception, also i have checked it on android tutorials: http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-tabwidget.html and yes i have got it too