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Android Build an Interactive Story App Intents and Multiple Activities Investigating a NullPointerException

Soumitra Mehrotra
Soumitra Mehrotra
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Posted by Soumitra Mehrotra
Soumitra Mehrotra
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Nowhere in the video he explained why that Null pointer exception occurred?? Any help would be appreciated?

Please explain the null pointer exception with refrence to the video

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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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NullPointerException essentially means it does not exist. Because the extra of the mistyped name doesn't exist, it will throw that error when you try to use it later.