title: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.content.res.Resources android.content.Context.getResources()' on a null object reference
body: <p>I'm trying to get some data from a xml document using XmlPullParser. When i'm trying to run the application is crushing due to a null object reference. The code and the error are below, but i don't see any problem with the code.</p>
  
  <pre><code> public List&lt;Tara&gt; parseXML(Context context){
          try{
              XmlPullParserFactory factory = XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance();
              factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
              XmlPullParser xpp = factory.newPullParser();
  
              InputStream stream = context.getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.data_info);
              xpp.setInput(stream, null);
  
              int eventType = xpp.getEventType();
              while( eventType != XmlPullParser.END_TAG){
                  if(eventType == XmlPullParser.START_TAG){
                      handleStartTag(xpp.getName());
                  } else if (eventType == XmlPullParser.END_TAG){
                      tagCurent = null;
                  } else if(eventType == XmlPullParser.TEXT){
                      handleText(xpp.getText());
                  }
  
                  eventType = xpp.next();
              }
  
  
          } catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
          } catch (IOException e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
          return listaTara;
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It seems that on the line </p>
  
  <pre><code>InputStream stream = context.getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.data_info);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the next error is displayed:</p>
  
  <pre><code>01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime: Process: com.example.ionut.simi_word_info, PID: 7539
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{com.example.ionut.simi_word_info/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info.views.allCountry_activity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.content.res.Resources android.content.Context.getResources()' on a null object reference
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2546)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2758)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:177)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1448)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:145)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5942)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1388)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1183)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.content.res.Resources android.content.Context.getResources()' on a null object reference
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.content.ContextWrapper.getResources(ContextWrapper.java:90)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.view.ContextThemeWrapper.getResources(ContextThemeWrapper.java:74)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at com.example.ionut.simi_word_info.helps.CountryPullParser.parseXML(CountryPullParser.java:31)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at com.example.ionut.simi_word_info.views.allCountry_activity.&lt;init&gt;(allCountry_activity.java:35)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:1650)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1079)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2536)
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2758) 
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:177) 
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1448) 
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:145) 
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5942) 
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372) 
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1388) 
  01-10 15:47:45.682 7539-7539/com.example.ionut.simi_word_info E/AndroidRuntime:     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1183) 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks for the help!</p>