My ArrayAdapter gives me null value - Kotlin

Question

I'm trying to display my sqlite data in textview with kotlin android app. But i have an error with this. When i run my app, it breaks. What is the problem?

Here is my read_data function in dbhelper:

fun read_data():MutableList<Kullanici> {
    val userList:MutableList<Kullanici> = ArrayList()
    val db = this.readableDatabase
    val query = "SELECT * FROM $table_name"

    val result = db.rawQuery(query,null)
    if(result.moveToFirst()) {
        do {
            val kullanici = Kullanici()
            kullanici.id = result.getString(result.getColumnIndexOrThrow(column_id)).toInt()
            kullanici.hamle = result.getString(result.getColumnIndexOrThrow(column_hamle)).toInt()
            kullanici.sure = result.getString(result.getColumnIndexOrThrow(column_sure)).toInt()
            userList.add(kullanici)

        }while (result.moveToNext())
    }

    result.close()
    db.close()
    return userList

}

And here is my main acitivity:

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {

    val lv = findViewById<ListView>(R.id.listView)
    val db  = DataBaseHelper(this)

    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
    supportActionBar?.hide()
    val kolay_butonu = findViewById<Button>(R.id.button2)
    kolay_butonu.setOnClickListener {
        val intent = Intent(this, Kolay::class.java)
        startActivity(intent)
    }


    val liste = db.read_data()
    val adapter_: ArrayAdapter<*>
    adapter_ = ArrayAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, liste)
    lv.adapter = adapter_

}

and finally the error i encountered:

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.ListView.setAdapter(android.widget.ListAdapter)' on a null object reference

Answer 1

you should call findViewById after setContentView. The view is only inflated when setContentView is called, so when you find view before setContentView is called, it will return null.

just move this line

val lv = findViewById<ListView>(R.id.listView)

after setContentView