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Mr_E
Mr_E

Reputation: 709

Android Azure SDK - NullPointerException when I try to load something from blob storage

I've created a container on Azure called 'assetcontainer'.

I've followed the sample to create the following code:

 CloudStorageAccount account = CloudStorageAccount.parse(BuildConfig.AzureConnectionString);
        mClient = account.createCloudBlobClient();
        mAssetContainer = mClient.getContainerReference("assetcontainer");


        // Download the blob
        // For each item in the container
        for (ListBlobItem blobItem : mAssetContainer.listBlobs()) {
            // If the item is a blob, not a virtual directory
            if (blobItem instanceof CloudBlockBlob) {
                // Download the text
                CloudBlockBlob retrievedBlob = (CloudBlockBlob) blobItem;

                try {
                    retrievedBlob.download(new FileOutputStream(mContext.getFilesDir() + "\\assets\\" + ((CloudBlockBlob) blobItem).getName()));
                }
                catch(Exception ex){}
            }
        }

And I am receiving the following exception when I try to iterate the listBlobs():

Process: com.training.app.debug, PID: 3284
    java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.training.app.debug/com.training.app.activities.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2292)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2350)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:163)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1257)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:157)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5335)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1265)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1081)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
     Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
            at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpEngine.readResponse(HttpEngine.java:783)
            at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpURLConnectionImpl.execute(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:347)
            at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpURLConnectionImpl.getResponse(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:296)
            at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:503)
            at com.microsoft.azure.storage.StorageException.translateException(StorageException.java:145)
            at com.microsoft.azure.storage.core.ExecutionEngine.executeWithRetry(ExecutionEngine.java:252)
            at com.microsoft.azure.storage.core.LazySegmentedIterator.hasNext(LazySegmentedIterator.java:109)
            at com.training.azure.AzureStorage.syncAssets(AzureStorage.java:57)
            at com.training.app.activities.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:52)
            at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5389)
            at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1105)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2256)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2350)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:163)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1257)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:157)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5335)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1265)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1081)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

I'm not sure what could be wrong here... Is this a bug with the azure sdk?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1248

Answers (1)

Haem
Haem

Reputation: 929

I found a solution from this page, and it worked for me.

Android doesn't allow performing network operations in the main thread, so you need to execute the code in an asynchronous task, like this:

private class MyTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>{
 @Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
    CloudStorageAccount account = CloudStorageAccount.parse(BuildConfig.AzureConnectionString);
    mClient = account.createCloudBlobClient();
    mAssetContainer = mClient.getContainerReference("assetcontainer");


    // Download the blob
    // For each item in the container
    for (ListBlobItem blobItem : mAssetContainer.listBlobs()) {
        // If the item is a blob, not a virtual directory
        if (blobItem instanceof CloudBlockBlob) {
            // Download the text
            CloudBlockBlob retrievedBlob = (CloudBlockBlob) blobItem;

            try {
                retrievedBlob.download(new FileOutputStream(mContext.getFilesDir() + "\\assets\\" + ((CloudBlockBlob) blobItem).getName()));
            }
            catch(Exception ex){}
        }
    }
}
}

Then you call new MyTask().execute() in the main thread.

Upvotes: 2

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