When I run my app on Android Studio, emulator starts but it says that the test app crashed

Question

I am trying to create a sign in sign up page. I have 3 pages ( activities). All I do is click a sign up or sign in button on main activity and it takes me to other pages.

Here is the Java code:

package com.appt.shreyabisht.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;


public class MainActivity extends Activity implements View.OnClickListener {


Button btn_sign;
Button btn_sign_up;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    btn_sign = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_sign);
    btn_sign.setOnClickListener(this);
    btn_sign_up = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_sign_up);
    btn_sign_up.setOnClickListener(this);
}


@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
    return true;


}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();

    //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
    if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
        return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}


private void btclick() {
    startActivity(new Intent("com.appt.shreyabisht.second"));
}

private void btsignclick() {
    startActivity(new Intent("com.appt.shreyabisht.third"));
}

@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
    switch (view.getId()) {
        case R.id.btn_sign:
            btclick();
            break;
        case R.id.btn_sign_up:
            btsignclick();
            break;
    }

}
}

I am not sure how multiple buttons work and if I should create a separate public void onClick(View view) for another button. Please suggest.

When I run the app, the error I get is :

 FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.appt.shreyabisht.test, PID: 832
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity      ComponentInfo{com.appt.shreyabisht.test/com.appt.shreyabisht.test.MainActivity}
Caused by:java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.appt.shreyabisht.test.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:25)    

(There are more lines but I think this is the one causing the crash)

Here is the activity_main.xml:

<LinearLayout 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:padding="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:gravity="center|bottom"
 tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:background="@drawable/backw"
android:weightSum="1">




<Button
    android:layout_width="89dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Sign in"
    android:textColor="#ffffff"
    android:id="@+id/btn_sign"
    android:textStyle="bold"

    android:layout_gravity="bottom"
    android:onClick="buttonOnClick" />

<TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:textSize="30dp"
    android:gravity="center|center_vertical"
    android:textStyle="italic"
    android:text="@string/App_name"
    android:id="@+id/textView"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
     />

<Button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/sign_up_btn"
    android:id="@+id/sign_up"
    android:textColor="#ffffff"
    android:layout_gravity="bottom" />

Here is the manifest file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
        android:name="com.appt.shreyabisht.test.MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name="com.appt.shreyabisht.test.second"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.appt.shreyabisht.second" />

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


    <activity
        android:name="com.appt.shreyabisht.test.third"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.appt.shreyabisht.third" />

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

</application>

Answer 1

the problem is here :

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

you are trying to find a view by id = btn_sign_up but you are defining it by another id here :

android:id="@+id/sign_up"