Android unable to add window error -


i have wrote code use custom dialog application , thought going until had force crashed. had looked @ logcat , says unable add window hoping can assist me solve problem.

logcat:

08-23 02:05:22.836: e/androidruntime(898): fatal exception: main 08-23 02:05:22.836: e/androidruntime(898): java.lang.nullpointerexception 08-23 02:05:22.836: e/androidruntime(898):  @ com.theproblemsolver.mainactivity$1.run(mainactivity.java:42) 08-23 02:05:22.836: e/androidruntime(898):  @ android.os.handler.handlecallback(handler.java:725) 08-23 02:05:22.836: e/androidruntime(898):  @ android.os.handler.dispatchmessage(handler.java:92) 08-23 02:05:22.836: e/androidruntime(898):  @ android.os.looper.loop(looper.java:137) 08-23 02:05:22.836: e/androidruntime(898):  @ android.app.activitythread.main(activitythread.java:5041) 08-23 02:05:22.836: e/androidruntime(898):  @ java.lang.reflect.method.invokenative(native method) 08-23 02:05:22.836: e/androidruntime(898):  @ java.lang.reflect.method.invoke(method.java:511) 08-23 02:05:22.836: e/androidruntime(898):  @ com.android.internal.os.zygoteinit$methodandargscaller.run(zygoteinit.java:793) 08-23 02:05:22.836: e/androidruntime(898):  @ com.android.internal.os.zygoteinit.main(zygoteinit.java:560) 08-23 02:05:22.836: e/androidruntime(898):  @ dalvik.system.nativestart.main(native method) 

mainactivity:

public class mainactivity extends activity {      textview tps;     textview tps1;     textview tps2;     textview tps3;     button tpsbutton1;     button getanswer;      @override     protected void oncreate(bundle savedinstancestate) {         super.oncreate(savedinstancestate);         view mainview = getlayoutinflater().inflate(r.layout.activity_main, null);          setcontentview(mainview);          final dialog dialog = new dialog(this);          dialog.setcontentview(r.layout.customdialog);         dialog.settitle("theproblemsolver");         mainview.post(new runnable() {             public void run() {                 dialog.show();                  tps = (textview) findviewbyid(r.id.tps);                  tps1 = (textview) findviewbyid(r.id.tps1);                  tps2 = (textview) findviewbyid(r.id.tps2);                  tps3 = (textview) findviewbyid(r.id.tps3);                  tpsbutton1 = (button) findviewbyid(r.id.tpsbutton1);                   tpsbutton1.setonclicklistener(new onclicklistener() {                         @override                         public void onclick(view v) {                             dialog.dismiss();                         }                  }                                         );                       }         });           final edittext et = (edittext) findviewbyid(r.id.edittext1);          button getanswer = (button) findviewbyid(r.id.button1);         getanswer.setonclicklistener(new onclicklistener() {          @override         public void onclick(view v) {                    if (et.gettext().tostring().length()==0) {                 toast.maketext(getapplicationcontext(),"can't blank!",toast.length_long).show();                           }else{              edittext et = (edittext) findviewbyid(r.id.edittext1);             string searchterm = et.gettext().tostring().trim();                      intent in = new intent(mainactivity.this, listview.class);             in.putextra("tag_search", searchterm);             startactivity(in);         }          }});     }      @override     protected void onstop() {         // todo auto-generated method stub         super.onstop();     }  } 

customdialog.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <linearlayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="match_parent"     android:orientation="vertical" >      <textview         android:id="@+id/tps"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:layout_weight="0.01"         android:text="example"         android:textappearance="?android:attr/textappearancelarge" />      <textview         android:id="@+id/tps1"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:layout_weight="0.02"         android:text="example"         android:textappearance="?android:attr/textappearancemedium" />      <textview         android:id="@+id/tps2"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="53dp"         android:text="example"         android:textappearance="?android:attr/textappearancelarge" />      <textview         android:id="@+id/tps3"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:layout_weight="0.02"         android:text="example"         android:textappearance="?android:attr/textappearancemedium" />      <button         android:id="@+id/tpsbutton1"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="ok" />  </linearlayout> 

just small mistake in findviewbyid().

tps = (textview) findviewbyid(r.id.tps);                  tps1 = (textview) dialog.findviewbyid(r.id.tps1);                  tps2 = (textview) dialog.findviewbyid(r.id.tps2);                  tps3 = (textview) dialog.findviewbyid(r.id.tps3);                  tpsbutton1 = (button) dialog.findviewbyid(r.id.tpsbutton1);