android app stops with last location check
<p>im attempting to get the location of a device into my android app. i have attempted to use the guide outlined on the android developer website however whenever i run the code on my phone the app stops straight away. my code is:</p>

<pre><code>public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements ConnectionCallbacks, OnConnectionFailedListener{

    protected static final String TAG = "MainActivity";

    protected GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient;

    protected Location mLastLocation;
    protected Double lonValue;
    protected Double latValue;

    protected String mLatitudeLabel;
    protected String mLongitudeLabel;
    protected TextView mLatitudeText;
    protected TextView mLongitudeText;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        TextView lonView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.lon);

        buildGoogleApiClient();

        //connect to parse backend
        Parse.initialize(this, "xxxx", "xxxx");
        ParseInstallation.getCurrentInstallation().saveInBackground();
        Log.d("myInstallation Id", ParseInstallation.getCurrentInstallation().getInstallationId());

        //get location
        lonValue = mLastLocation.getLatitude();
        latValue = mLastLocation.getLongitude();

        //text update

    }

    public void openLocation(View v){
        startActivity(new Intent(MainActivity.this, LocationActivity.class));
    }

    @Override
    public void onConnected(Bundle bundle) {

        //check build version on phone
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT &gt;= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
            //check that app has permission to access data
            if (checkSelfPermission(android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED || checkSelfPermission(android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
                //get information from location service
                mLastLocation = LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.getLastLocation(mGoogleApiClient);
                Log.d(TAG,mLatitudeLabel);
            }
        }

        mLastLocation = LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.getLastLocation(mGoogleApiClient);


        // Provides a simple way of getting a device's location and is well suited for
        // applications that do not require a fine-grained location and that do not need location
        // updates. Gets the best and most recent location currently available, which may be null
        // in rare cases when a location is not available.

        buildGoogleApiClient();

        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Should have network", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    /**
     * Builds a GoogleApiClient. Uses the addApi() method to request the LocationServices API.
     */
    protected synchronized void buildGoogleApiClient() {
        mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
                .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
                .addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
                .addApi(LocationServices.API)
                .build();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStart() {
        super.onStart();
        mGoogleApiClient.connect();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStop() {
        super.onStop();
        if (mGoogleApiClient.isConnected()) {
            mGoogleApiClient.disconnect();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onConnectionFailed(ConnectionResult result) {
        // Refer to the javadoc for ConnectionResult to see what error codes might be returned in
        // onConnectionFailed.
        Log.i(TAG, "Connection failed: ConnectionResult.getErrorCode() = " + result.getErrorCode());
    }


    @Override
    public void onConnectionSuspended(int cause) {
        // The connection to Google Play services was lost for some reason. We call connect() to
        // attempt to re-establish the connection.
        Log.i(TAG, "Connection suspended");
        mGoogleApiClient.connect();
    }

}
</code></pre>

<p>logcat</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>02-28 18:45:08.848
  4048-4048/com.worcestercomputing.ryanlambert.toiletstall
  E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                                                Process: com.worcestercomputing.ryanlambert.toiletstall, PID: 4048
                                                                                                java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity
  ComponentInfo{com.worcestercomputing.ryanlambert.toiletstall/com.worcestercomputing.ryanlambert.toiletstall.MainActivity}:
  java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method
  'double android.location.Location.getLatitude()' on a null object
  reference
                                                                                                    at
  android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2416)
                                                                                                    at
  android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2476)
                                                                                                    at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(ActivityThread.java)
                                                                                                    at
  android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1344)
                                                                                                    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                                                    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
                                                                                                    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417)
                                                                                                    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                                                                    at
  com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
                                                                                                    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
                                                                                                 Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual
  method 'double android.location.Location.getLatitude()' on a null
  object reference
                                                                                                    at
  com.worcestercomputing.ryanlambert.toiletstall.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:63)
                                                                                                    at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6251)
                                                                                                    at
  android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1107)
                                                                                                    at
  android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2369)
                                                                                                    at
  android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2476) 
                                                                                                    at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(ActivityThread.java) 
                                                                                                    at
  android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1344) 
                                                                                                    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
                                                                                                    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148) 
                                                                                                    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417) 
                                                                                                    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
                                                                                                    at
  com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726) 
                                                                                                    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)</p>
</blockquote>