Countdown Timer Error in Android
<p>I Searched it but any Solution Couldn't solve my problem.
I'm implementing a timer in a fragment but my app stops working showing an error.</p>

<p>This is the working of my app.
when user clicks the start button it takes the user to the next activity where fragments are shown in a container(RelativeLayout). I've implemented the Count CountDownTimer function in the fragment. Fragment was working perfectly before the CountDownTimer function.</p>

<p>Any Help?
Here is the code.</p>

<p>Start.java</p>

<pre><code>package com.example.sheikhspc.timerexample;

import android.app.Fragment;
import android.app.FragmentManager;
import android.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class Start extends AppCompatActivity {

Fragment frag = null;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_start);
    FragmentManager fm = getFragmentManager();
    FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fm.beginTransaction();

    frag = new BlankFragment1();
    fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.container,frag);

    fragmentTransaction.commit();





    }
}
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<p>MainActivity.java</p>

<pre><code>package com.example.sheikhspc.timerexample;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

Button btn;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    btn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.startbtn);
}

public void start(View view)
{
    Intent intent = new Intent(this,Start.class);
    startActivity(intent);
}
}
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<p>BlankFragment1.java</p>

<pre><code>package com.example.sheikhspc.timerexample;


import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Fragment;
import android.os.CountDownTimer;
import android.provider.DocumentsContract;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;


public class BlankFragment1 extends Fragment {


public BlankFragment1() {
    // Required empty public constructor
}


Fragment frag = null;
TextView tv;
View root;
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                         Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // Inflate the layout for this fragment
    tv = (TextView)root.findViewById(R.id.timer1);

    new CountDownTimer(30000, 1000) {

        public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
            tv.setText("seconds remaining: " + millisUntilFinished / 1000);
            //here you can have your logic to set text to edittext
        }

        public void onFinish() {
            tv.setText("done!");
        }

    }.start();



    return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_blank_fragment1, container,    false);
}

}
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<p>Error Log</p>

<pre><code>     E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
     Process: com.example.sheikhspc.timerexample, PID: 28970
     java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity    ComponentInfo{com.example.sheikhspc.timerexample/com.example.sheikhspc.timerexamp le.Start}: 
     java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method  'android.view.View android.view.View.findViewById(int)' on a null object  reference

  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2339)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2413)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:155)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1317)
                  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5343)
                  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
                  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:905)
                  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:700)
               Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.view.View android.view.View.findViewById(int)' on a null object reference
                  at com.example.sheikhspc.timerexample.BlankFragment1.onCreateView(BlankFragment1.java:46)
                  at android.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:2053)
                  at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:894)
                  at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1067)
                  at android.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:834)
                  at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1454)
                  at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:6025)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2302)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2413) 
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:155) 
                  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1317) 
                  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
                  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135) 
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5343) 
                  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
                  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372) 
                  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:905) 
                  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:700) 
Application terminated.
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