{"id":31490,"date":"2023-01-22T00:22:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T18:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-google-maps-marker-giving-a-null-reference-on-android-duplicate\/"},"modified":"2023-01-22T00:22:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T18:52:35","slug":"solved-google-maps-marker-giving-a-null-reference-on-android-duplicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-google-maps-marker-giving-a-null-reference-on-android-duplicate\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Google Maps Marker giving a null reference on Android [duplicate]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-47935630\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"47935630\" data-parentid=\"47935419\" data-score=\"1\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Based on the logcat output that you have provided, the first thing you need to address is the fact that your <code>mMap<\/code> variable is null.<\/p>\n<p>My guess is that you&#8217;re either calling <code>displayLocation()<\/code> before the <code>onMapReady(...)<\/code> callback has fired, or your class isn&#8217;t equipped to handle the callback at all.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re using the Google Map Fragment, the basic approach is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>In your <code>onCreate(...)<\/code> method:<\/p>\n<p><code>((SupportMapFragment)getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.mapFragment)).getMapAsync(this);<br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Make sure your class implements <code>com.google.android.gms.maps.OnMapReadyCallback<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>Then, override the <code>onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap)<\/code> method and set your <code>mMap<\/code> variable.<\/p>\n<pre><code>@Override\npublic void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap){\n\nmMap = googleMap;\n\n\/\/Do whatever else you need to with the map...\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Make sure you don&#8217;t use <code>mMap<\/code> until it has been set, and you should be able to add your markers, and do other stuff without issue.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">1<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Google Maps Marker giving a null reference on Android [duplicate] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Based on the logcat output that you have provided, the first thing you need to address is the fact that your mMap variable is null. 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