The latest articles on DEV Community by William Simmons (@willsimz). https://dev.to/willsimz https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F777375%2F4f09f550-264a-4bd1-af06-28c7a04f9910.png https://dev.to/willsimz en William Simmons Sat, 25 Dec 2021 23:05:36 +0000 https://dev.to/willsimz/show-username-and-email-in-navigation-header-52ef https://dev.to/willsimz/show-username-and-email-in-navigation-header-52ef <div class="ltag__stackexchange--container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title-container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title"> <h1> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--7Gn-iPj_--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/stackoverflow-logo-b42691ae545e4810b105ee957979a853a696085e67e43ee14c5699cf3e890fb4.svg" alt=""> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70483240/show-username-and-email-in-navigation-header" rel="noopener noreferrer"> </a> </h1> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--post-metadata"> <span>Dec 25 '21</span> <span>Comments: 1</span> <span>Answers: 0</span> </div> </div> <a class="ltag__stackexchange--score-container" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70483240/show-username-and-email-in-navigation-header" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--Y9mJpuJP--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/stackexchange-arrow-up-eff2e2849e67d156181d258e38802c0b57fa011f74164a7f97675ca3b6ab756b.svg" alt=""> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--score-number"> -1 </div> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--wif5Zq3z--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/stackexchange-arrow-down-4349fac0dd932d284fab7e4dd9846f19a3710558efde0d2dfd05897f3eeb9aba.svg" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--body"> <p>Within my navigation header,</p> <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/U7K51.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Navigation Drawer</a></p> <p>I would like to display a users Username and email address as shown</p> <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/CMk0p.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Username and Email Fields from create user activity</a></p> <p>However whatever I place in the setText of those text view variables i recieve a null pointer exception : Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt…</p> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--btn--container"> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70483240/show-username-and-email-in-navigation-header" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Full Question</a> </div> </div> William Simmons Mon, 20 Dec 2021 00:29:59 +0000 https://dev.to/willsimz/edittextseterrorerror-text-not-showing-popups-5bf4 https://dev.to/willsimz/edittextseterrorerror-text-not-showing-popups-5bf4 <p>Could use some help with my EditText errors not showing in my app.</p> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title-container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title"> <h1> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--7Gn-iPj_--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/stackoverflow-logo-b42691ae545e4810b105ee957979a853a696085e67e43ee14c5699cf3e890fb4.svg" alt=""> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70415206/edittext-seterrorerror-text-not-showing-popups" rel="noopener noreferrer"> </a> </h1> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--post-metadata"> <span>Dec 19 '21</span> <span>Comments: 1</span> <span>Answers: 1</span> </div> </div> <a class="ltag__stackexchange--score-container" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70415206/edittext-seterrorerror-text-not-showing-popups" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--Y9mJpuJP--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/stackexchange-arrow-up-eff2e2849e67d156181d258e38802c0b57fa011f74164a7f97675ca3b6ab756b.svg" alt=""> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--score-number"> 0 </div> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--wif5Zq3z--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/stackexchange-arrow-down-4349fac0dd932d284fab7e4dd9846f19a3710558efde0d2dfd05897f3eeb9aba.svg" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--body"> <p>Im creating a simple login activity and am implementing some user input error checking on some EditText fields.</p> <p>However, the setError public method seems to not show anything or, if it is, I'm unable to view when running the app.</p> <p>XML for one of the EditText elements</p> <pre><code>&lt;EditText android:id="@+id/userName" android:layout_width="250dp"</code></pre>… </div> <div 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