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error setting localhost on android

asked 2012-04-13 03:41:31 -0500

rosdai gravatar image

I'm trying to use this line to set localhost on Android

String localhost = InetAddressFactory.newNonLoopback().getHostAddress();
nodeConfiguration = NodeConfiguration.newPublic(localhost, masterUri);

then the following error occurred. If I set localhost to the android Ip directly, for example String localhost = "192.168.13.111", the program is able to run.

E/AndroidRuntime(5551): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime(5551): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.dsi.ant.antplusdemo/com.dsi.ant.antplusdemo.ANTPlusDemo}: java.lang.NullPointerException
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1768)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1784)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:123)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:939)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3835)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:864)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:622)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at org.ros.node.NodeConfiguration.copyOf(NodeConfiguration.java:78)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at DefaultNodeMainExecutor.execute(DefaultNodeMainExecutor.java:110)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at org.ros.node.DefaultNodeMainExecutor.execute(DefaultNodeMainExecutor.java:134)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at com.dsi.ant.antplusdemo.ANTPlusDemo.connectmaster(ANTPlusDemo.java:506)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at com.dsi.ant.antplusdemo.ANTPlusDemo.onCreate(ANTPlusDemo.java:414)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1722)
E/AndroidRuntime(5551):     ... 11 more

Strangely, sometimes, for no reason, this line would work. but after a while, the same problem occurs again.

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answered 2012-04-16 10:21:54 -0500

damonkohler gravatar image

This could be related to your network connection. If you do not have a non-loopback address available (for example, when your device has no network connection), InetAddressFactory.newNonLoopback() will return null.

The only safe way to handle this is to check the result for null.

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I don't think so, because i'm able to link to my roscore on PC using a fixed localhost. the network shouldn't be any problem. this is still confusing me

rosdai gravatar image rosdai  ( 2012-04-24 04:36:39 -0500 )edit

I suggest debugging into the code to see where null is being returned.

damonkohler gravatar image damonkohler  ( 2012-04-25 07:51:06 -0500 )edit

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