getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true); throws NullPointerException

Question

First of all, I know this question has been asked before, I've spent an hour looking through other solutions, mostly from - getActionBar() returns null , and none have worked so another pair of eyes might be able to do something.

NavigationDrawer class which other classes inherit from:

public class NavigationDrawer extends AppCompatActivity {

String[] mDrawerTitles;
DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
ListView mDrawerList;
ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;
String activityTitle;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    this.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.navigation_drawer_layout);
    Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

    mDrawerTitles = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.drawer_array);
    mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
    mDrawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);
    activityTitle = getTitle().toString();

    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true); //here is where the error is thrown
    getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);

    addDrawerItems();
    navDrawerSetup();

}

MainActiviy which extends the above:

public class MainActivity extends NavigationDrawer {

int[]images={R.drawable.user_manual,R.drawable.tips_tricks, R.drawable.troubleshooting};
Integer printer;
ListView myListView;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
    LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) this.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    View contentView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.activity_main, null, false);
    mDrawerLayout.addView(contentView, 0);
}

Navigation Drawer .xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">

<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/content_frame"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" />

<ListView
    android:id="@+id/left_drawer"
    android:layout_width="240dp"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="start"
    android:background="#999"
    android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
    android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
    android:dividerHeight="0dp" />


</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

styles.xml

<resources>

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay"  parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />

<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

</resources>

activity_main

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:context="com.example.shelleyd.myapplication.MainActivity">

<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">

    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
        app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />

</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

content_main

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/content_main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
tools:context="com.example.shelleyd.myapplication.MainActivity"
tools:showIn="@layout/activity_main">

<ListView
    android:id="@+id/myList"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    android:layout_weight="1" />

</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

在NavigationDrawer活动中，您正在执行setContentView(R.layout.navigation_drawer_layout) ，在navigation_drawer_layout中没有任何Toolbar ，这会导致异常。

Answer 2

Doing the following in you NavigationDrawer.class

 Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar); //This is null
 setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

You are setting Activity toolbar to null, because there is no view in your R.layout.activity_main with R.id.toolbar ID. So when you try to set toolbar after the code above, you are trying to set a property in a null object, that produces a null pointer exception.

Remove the two lines above in your activity or declare a Toolbar view with R.id.toolbar ID on your R.layout.activity_main layout file. Doing that you will solve the problem.