Can't start Activity from ListActivity

Question

I don't know what's wrong with this code. My app crashes when I run it.

Here's the code:

package com.example.smsTest;

import java.util.List;
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentFilter;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ListView;

public class Messages extends ListActivity {
    Button btnNew;  
    private SQLiteAdapter mySQLiteAdapter;

    private BroadcastReceiver mIntentReceiver;
    ListView listview;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        btnNew = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnNew);

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.messages);

        mySQLiteAdapter = new SQLiteAdapter(this);
        mySQLiteAdapter.openToRead();

        List<Message> values = mySQLiteAdapter.getAllMessages();

        ArrayAdapter<Message> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<Message>(this,
                android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, values);
        setListAdapter(adapter);

        btnNew.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View view) {
                Intent myIntent = new Intent(Messages.this,
                        SMSTest.class);
                startActivity(myIntent);
            }

        }); 
    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();

        IntentFilter intentFilter = new IntentFilter("SmsMessage.intent.MAIN");
        mIntentReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
            @Override
            public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                ArrayAdapter<Message> adapter = (ArrayAdapter<Message>) getListAdapter();
                Message message = null;

                String msg = intent.getStringExtra("get_msg");

                // Process the sms format and extract body & phoneNumber
                msg = msg.replace("\n", "");
                String body = msg.substring(msg.lastIndexOf(":") + 1,
                        msg.length());
                String sender = msg.substring(0, msg.lastIndexOf(":"));

                message = mySQLiteAdapter.createMessage(sender, body);
                //adapter.add(message);
                adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
            }
        };

        this.registerReceiver(mIntentReceiver, intentFilter);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
        super.onPause();
        this.unregisterReceiver(this.mIntentReceiver);
    }
}

This is the code that I have just added plus the variable to declare the button above:

        btnNew.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View view) {
                Intent myIntent = new Intent(Messages.this,
                        SMSTest.class);
                startActivity(myIntent);
            }

        });

Answer 1

You must find your views after inflating the layout using LayoutInflater or by calling setContentView(R.layout.messages);

Modify

btnNew = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnNew);

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.messages);

to

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.messages);

btnNew = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnNew);