I have created an AsyncTask that loads data from a website then when I execute it. At the moment I'm getting a null pointer exception which I think is caused because I'm trying to fill the UI too early so I'm hoping to create some kind of if statement that says if AsyncTask isn't complete show a loading graphic and when it is fill the data. But I'm not sure how to go about doing this does anyone know how I could achieve this or at least point me in the right direction.

Here's my code so far

```
public void checkPreferences(){

    SharedPreferences preferences = getSharedPreferences("prefs", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
    ChosenMethod = preferences.getString("ChosenMethod", ChosenMethod);
    ChosenLeagueID = preferences.getString("ChosenLeagueId", ChosenLeagueID);
    ChosenTeamId = preferences.getString("ChosenTeamId", ChosenTeamId);

    Log.v("lc", "newsurl" + newsFeedURL);

    Log.v("myapp", "ChosenMethod Home = " + ChosenMethod);
    Log.v("myapp", "ChosenLeagueID Home = " + ChosenLeagueID);
    Log.v("myapp", "ChosenTeamID Home = " + ChosenTeamId);

    if (ChosenMethod.equals("Team")) {
        setContentView(R.layout.homeactteam2);
        newsAmount = 5;

    } else {
        newsAmount = 10;
        setContentView(R.layout.homeactteam);
    }

}

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    //Check Preferences which sets UI

    checkPreferences();
   PostTask posttask;
   posttask = new PostTask();
   posttask.execute();

   FillData();

    Button backbtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.backbtn);

    //Listening to button event
    backbtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

        public void onClick(View arg0) {
            //Starting a new Intent
            Intent previousScreen = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), ChooseTeamActivity.class);
            ChosenMethod = "null";
            SharedPreferences preferences = getSharedPreferences("prefs", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
            SharedPreferences.Editor editor = preferences.edit();
            editor.putString("ChosenMethod", ChosenMethod);            
            editor.commit();
            previousScreen.putExtra("FullData", fulldata);
            startActivity(previousScreen);

        }
    });

//((PullToRefreshListView) getListView()).setOnRefreshListener(new OnRefreshListener() {
//   
//    public void onRefresh() {
//        // Do work to refresh the list here.
//        loadData();
//    }
//});
//

}

public void loadNewsFeed(){

     newsFeedRequest = "website/" + chosenLeagueId + "/news?timestamp=" + unixTimeStamp;
     newsFeedURL = "https://www.website.com" + newsFeedRequest; 

        String myhash = buildHmacSignature(apiKey, newsFeedURL);
        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpPost post = new HttpPost(newsFeedURL);

        List<NameValuePair> pairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
        pairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("requestToken", myhash));
        pairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("apiUser", apiUser));

            try {
                post.setEntity (new UrlEncodedFormEntity(pairs));
                HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);
                BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent(), "UTF-8"));
                String json = reader.readLine();
                fulldata = String.valueOf(json);
                Log.v("myApp","newsdata" + fulldata);

                newsList = new ArrayList<String>();
                newsList2 = new ArrayList<String>();
                newsList3 = new ArrayList<String>();
                imageList = new ArrayList<String>();

                JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(json);    
                JSONObject objData = obj.getJSONObject("data");
                JSONArray jArray = objData.getJSONArray("news");
                Log.v("lc","newsAmount= " + newsAmount);

                   for(int t = 0; t < newsAmount; t++){
                       JSONObject newsTitleDict = jArray.getJSONObject(t);
                       imageList.add(newsTitleDict.getString("image_small"));
                     newsList3.add(newsTitleDict.getString("title"));

                   }

                   for(int t = 0; t < 1; t++){
                       JSONObject newsTitleDict = jArray.getJSONObject(t);

                 newsList.add(newsTitleDict.getString("title"));
            //       newsList2.add(newsTitleDict.getString("title"));

                   }

    } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (JSONException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

}           

public void loadResultsFeed(){

    resultsFeedRequest = "website/" + chosenLeagueId + "/results?&team_id=" + ChosenTeamId + "&limit=31&timestamp=" + unixTimeStamp;
    resultsFeedURL = "https://www.website.com" + resultsFeedRequest;    

    String myhash = buildHmacSignature(apiKey, resultsFeedURL);

    HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
    HttpPost post = new HttpPost(resultsFeedURL);

    List<NameValuePair> pairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
    pairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("requestToken", myhash));
    pairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("apiUser", apiUser));

    try {
        post.setEntity (new UrlEncodedFormEntity(pairs));
        HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent(), "UTF-8"));
        String json = reader.readLine();
        fulldata = String.valueOf(json);
        Log.v("myApp","resultsdata" + fulldata);

        newsList = new ArrayList<String>();
        newsList2 = new ArrayList<String>();
        newsList3 = new ArrayList<String>();
        imageList = new ArrayList<String>();

        JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(json);    
        JSONObject objData = obj.getJSONObject("data");
        JSONArray jArray = objData.getJSONArray("results");

        if(jArray.length() < 1) loadLastResults();

    } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (JSONException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }   

}

public void loadLastResults(){

    resultsFeedRequest = "website/" + chosenLeagueId + "/results?month=04&team_id=" + ChosenTeamId + "&limit=31&timestamp=" + unixTimeStamp;
    resultsFeedURL = "https://www.website.com" + resultsFeedRequest;    

     String myhash = buildHmacSignature(apiKey, resultsFeedURL);

    Date anotherCurDate = new Date();  
    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM");  
    String CurMonth = formatter.format(anotherCurDate);  

    int Int = Integer.parseInt(CurMonth);

    int MonthInt = Int -1;

    CurMonth = (String) (String.valueOf(MonthInt));

    if (CurMonth.equals("1")){

        lastMonth = "12";

    }    
     else {
        if(CurMonth.length() < 2){
            lastMonth = "0" + CurMonth;
        } else {
            lastMonth = CurMonth;
        }
    }

    Log.v("lc","month= " + CurMonth);
    Log.v("lc","LastMonth= " + lastMonth);

        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpPost post = new HttpPost(resultsFeedURL);

        List<NameValuePair> pairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
        pairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("requestToken", myhash));
        pairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("apiUser", apiUser));

        try {
            post.setEntity (new UrlEncodedFormEntity(pairs));
            HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);
            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent(), "UTF-8"));
            String json = reader.readLine();
            fulldata = String.valueOf(json);
            Log.v("myApp","resultsdata" + fulldata);

            newsList = new ArrayList<String>();
            newsList2 = new ArrayList<String>();
            newsList3 = new ArrayList<String>();
            imageList = new ArrayList<String>();

            JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(json);    
            JSONObject objData = obj.getJSONObject("data");
            JSONArray jArray = objData.getJSONArray("results");

               for(int t = 0; t < 1; t++){

                   resultsDict = jArray.getJSONObject(t);
                  HomeTeam = resultsDict.getString("hometeam");
                  AwayTeam = resultsDict.getString("awayteam");
                  HomeScore = resultsDict.getString("homescore");
                  AwayScore = resultsDict.getString("awayscore");
                  Attendance = resultsDict.getString("attendance");
                  Division = resultsDict.getString("division");

                  Log.v("lc","hometeam" + HomeTeam);
                  Log.v("lc","awayteam" + AwayTeam);

               }

        } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (JSONException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }   

public class PostTask extends AsyncTask<Void, String, Boolean> {

    @Override
    protected Boolean doInBackground(Void... params) {
        boolean result = false;
        loadNewsFeed();
        loadResultsFeed();
        loadLastResults();
        publishProgress("progress");
        return result;
    }

    protected void onProgressUpdate(String... progress) {
        StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
            for (int i = 1; i < progress.length; i++) {
                str.append(progress[i] + " ");
            }
    }

}

public void FillData(){ 

     if (ChosenMethod.equals("Team")) {

         resultsView = LayoutInflater.from(getBaseContext()).inflate(R.layout.resultscell,
                 null);

       TextView homeTeam = (TextView) resultsView.findViewById(R.id.HomeTeam);
       homeTeam.setText(HomeTeam);

       TextView awayTeam = (TextView) resultsView.findViewById(R.id.AwayTeam);
       awayTeam.setText(AwayTeam);

       TextView homeScore = (TextView) resultsView.findViewById(R.id.HomeScore);
       homeScore.setText(HomeScore);

       TextView awayScore = (TextView) resultsView.findViewById(R.id.AwayScore);
       awayScore.setText(AwayScore);

       TextView attendance = (TextView) resultsView.findViewById(R.id.Attendence);
       attendance.setText("Att:" + Attendance);

       TextView division = (TextView) resultsView.findViewById(R.id.Division);
       division.setText(Division);

        arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.single_item, newsList);

         String[] mStrings = (String[]) imageList.toArray(new String[imageList.size()]);
         String[] news = (String[]) newsList3.toArray(new String[newsList3.size()]);

         arrayAdapter3 = new LazyAdapter(this, mStrings, news);

            ListView list = getListView();
               list.setTextFilterEnabled(true);

               LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) this.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE );
                View header = inflater.inflate( R.layout.homeheader, list, false);
                View header2 = inflater.inflate( R.layout.homeheader2, list, false);
                View header3 = inflater.inflate( R.layout.homeheader3, list, false);

        //setListAdapter (arrayAdapter);

            adapter = new MergeAdapter();
            adapter.addView(header);
            adapter.addAdapter(arrayAdapter);
            adapter.addView(header2);
            adapter.addView(resultsView);
            adapter.addView(header3);
            adapter.addAdapter(arrayAdapter3);
            setListAdapter(adapter);

     } else {

         arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.single_item, newsList);
            arrayAdapter2 = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.single_item, newsList2);
            //arrayAdapter3 = new ArrayAdapter(this, R.layout.complex_item, newsList3);

             String[] mStrings = (String[]) imageList.toArray(new String[imageList.size()]);
             String[] news = (String[]) newsList3.toArray(new String[newsList3.size()]);

             arrayAdapter3 = new LazyAdapter(this, mStrings, news);

                ListView list = getListView();
                   list.setTextFilterEnabled(true);

                   LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) this.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE );
                    View header3 = inflater.inflate( R.layout.homeheader3, list, false);

            //setListAdapter (arrayAdapter);

                adapter = new MergeAdapter();
                adapter.addView(header3);
                adapter.addAdapter(arrayAdapter3);
                setListAdapter(adapter);
         } 
}

```