Java LibGDX Texture gives null pointer exception

Question

I've been using LibGDX for a project and whenever i declare a Texture it gives :

 Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
 at com.fistbump.patman.test.main(test.java:18)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:140

The code is :

import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;



public class test  {
public static void main(String[] args){
    Texture text = new Texture(Gdx.files.internal("Path.png"));
    OR
    Texture text = new Texture("Path.png");
}

}

I am really stuck here . Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You cant use (the majority of) libGDX before it is initialized. This is in or after the create method of your ApplicationListener (or ApplicationAdapter or Game if your prefer).

See also: https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/wiki/The-life-cycle