I keep getting a nullPointerException whenever I call the getMap()

Question

No matter what I do my code seems to crash at the getMap(). I have tried adjusting my code almost everywhere. I have created this app before but due to a computer crash I had to rebuild. some of my code.Now it crashes. My Main code:

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.Marker;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions;


public class FishFishSpotActivity extends Activity{

    public static final String XCORD = "xcord";
public static final String YCORD = "ycord";
public static final String NOTE = "note";
public static final String SAVED = "saved";
public static final String ID = "id";
TextView XCord= null;
TextView YCord= null;
TextView Note= null;
int Id = 0;
Boolean Saved = null;
private GoogleMap map;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_fish_fish_spot);

    initializeMap();

    }

    protected void onStart(){
        map.isMyLocationEnabled();


    }

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

    }

    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu){

        return false;

    }

    public void onMapClick(LatLng point){
        map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(point));
    }

    public void onMarkerClick(Marker marker){

    }

    public static void SpotSaved(boolean saved, String A){

    }

    private void initializeMap() 
    {
        if (map == null) {
            map = ((MapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(
                    R.id.map)).getMap();

            // check if map is created successfully or not
            if (map == null) {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                        "Sorry! unable to create maps", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                        .show();
            }
        }
    }   

}

Here is my manafist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.Nick.fishfishspot"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="15"
        android:targetSdkVersion="19" />


<permission 
    android:name="com.Nick.fishfishspot.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
    android:protectionLevel="signature"/>

<uses-permission android:name="com.Nick.fishfishspot.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>

 <uses-feature
    android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
    android:required="true"/>


<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

    <meta-data
        android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
        android:value="key is here"/>
   <meta-data
       android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
       android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />

        <activity
            android:name="com.Nick.fishfishspot.FishFishSpotActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

And here is the XML:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="com.Nick.fishfishspot.FishFishSpotActivity$PlaceholderFragment" >

<fragment 
      android:id="@+id/map"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="match_parent"
      class="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment"/>

<Button
    android:id="@+id/button1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:text="go" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/x_cord"
    android:layout_width="100dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:ems="10" >

    <requestFocus />
</EditText>

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/y_cord"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/x_cord"
    android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/x_cord"
    android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/button1"
    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/x_cord"
    android:ems="10" />

This is the error:

 05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity         ComponentInfo{com.Nick.fishfishspot/com.Nick.fishfishspot.FishFishSpotActivity}:java.lang.NullPointerException
   05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2304)
   05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2358)
   05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:165)
   05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1326)
   05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
   05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
   05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5450)
   05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
   05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
   05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1187)
   05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1003)
    05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
    05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):    at com.Nick.fishfishspot.FishFishSpotActivity.initializeMap(FishFishSpotActivity.java:76)
    05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):    at com.Nick.fishfishspot.FishFishSpotActivity.onCreate(FishFishSpotActivity.java:38)
    05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):    at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5369)
    05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):    at    android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1104)
    05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2267)
    05-05 22:44:53.390: E/AndroidRuntime(24604):    ... 11 more

Answer 1

You are missing

<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />

in application tag of manifest

getMap() can return null. You can check the availability of google play services before initializing GoogleMap object

A GoogleMap can only be acquired using getMap() when the underlying maps system is loaded and the underlying view in the fragment exists. This class automatically initializes the maps system and the view; however you cannot be guaranteed when it will be ready because this depends on the availability of the Google Play services APK. If a GoogleMap is not available, getMap() will return null.

Also tools:context="com.Nick.fishfishspot.FishFishSpotActivity$PlaceholderFragment" gives an hint that your MapFragment belongs to fragment while you initialize it in Activity.

You need to extend MapFragment or use MapView in Fragment layout if you want map inside a fragment.

Android - android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #8: Error inflating class fragment