ButterKnife 8.0.1 not working
AndroidNullpointerexceptionButterknifeAndroid Problem Overview
I am using butterknife 8.0.1
, but a nullpointerexception
is appearing.
This line is on my build.grade file:
compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.0.1'
this is my Main Class:
(I wrote the includes properly)
import butterknife.BindView;
import butterknife.ButterKnife;
public class MainActivity extends BaseActivity {
@BindView(R.id.MainScreenTextView) TextView mainText;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
ButterKnife.bind(this);
**mainText.setText("Butter knife is working fine");**
}
and this is MainActivity.xml
:
<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>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/MainScreenTextView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="This is the Main Screen"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:background="#666666"
android:padding="5dp"
android:textSize="20dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
android:id="@+id/fab"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom|end"
android:layout_margin="@dimen/fab_margin"
android:src="@android:drawable/ic_dialog_email" />
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
Per the readme, you need to include the butterknife-compiler
in order for the generated code to be produced automatically:
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.neenbedankt.gradle.plugins:android-apt:1.8'
}
}
apply plugin: 'com.neenbedankt.android-apt'
dependencies {
compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.0.1'
apt 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:8.0.1'
}
Without this there is no generated code to be loaded and thus none of the fields get set.
You can verify ButterKnife is working by calling ButterKnife.setDebug(true)
and looking in Logcat.
Solution 2 - Android
I used this library in Fragment and has NPE. My code was:
ButterKnife.bind(view);
But it was wrong. Library need to know two objects:
- Target - with annotations @BindView
- Source - with views
It will be right to write:
ButterKnife.bind(this, view);
When this - your fragment, and view - view of this fragment.
Solution 3 - Android
App Level(build.gradle)
apply plugin: 'android-apt'
dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.2.1'
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.4.0'
apt 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:8.4.0'
}
Project Level(build.gradle)
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.neenbedankt.gradle.plugins:android-apt:1.8'
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
Solution 4 - Android
for me the problem was that I was using
annotationProcessor 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:8.7.0'
instead of
apt 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:8.7.0
Solution 5 - Android
Config Butterknife on build.gradle file like this,
compile("com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.5.1")
annotationProcessor "com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:8.5.1"
It works for me.
Solution 6 - Android
I had this issue too, just because I've added butterknife from Android Studio's Dependency management and not by copy-pasting gradle lines from Butterknife website. So I had to add
compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.5.1'
annotationProcessor 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:8.5.1'
instead of just
compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.5.1'
Solution 7 - Android
If you use kotlin:
make sure to use this dependency in module app:
dependencies {
implementation 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:10.0.0'
kapt 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:10.0.0'
}
Solution 8 - Android
From JakeWharton > Yes that plugin is no longer needed. You're already using > annotationProcessor for the 'butterknife-compiler' artifact which is > built-in to the Android Gradle plugin.
Then the solution is delete apt classpath 'com.neenbedankt.gradle.plugins:android-apt:1.8'
Solution 9 - Android
Add annotationProcessor 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:8.6.0'
In your gradle file it worked for me
Solution 10 - Android
I have just faced this problem, after updating my project to Gradle version 3.0.1
. I was able to fix it by just including in Gradle app
file the line:
annotationProcessor 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:8.8.1'
The final result was:
dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
})
...
compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.8.1'
annotationProcessor 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:8.8.1'
}
I hope this helps somebody, although this question being old.