I am new to testing and i have this problem while testing the below code gives null pointer exception.

This is my class of CommonFunctions which contains method for email validation

Source file ----->

```
import android.util.Patterns;

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class CommonFunctions {

   private Context context;

   public CommonFunctions(Context context) {
      this.context = context;
    }

   //to check whether email is valid or not

    public boolean isEmailValid(String email) {
      Pattern pattern = Patterns.EMAIL_ADDRESS;
      Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(email);
      return matcher.matches();
   }

 }

```

The "Patterns.EMAIL\_ADDRESS" is from android.util.Patterns EMAIL\_ADDRESS is static final field 

---

My Testing code using Junit and Mockito

```
   import android.content.Context;

   import org.junit.Test;
   import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
   import org.mockito.Mock;
   import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;

   import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
   import static org.junit.Assert.*;

    @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
    public class CommonFunctionsTest {

    @Mock
    Context mMockContext;

    @Test
    public void isEmailValid() throws Exception {

       CommonFunctions commonFunctions = new CommonFunctions(mMockContext);
        assertThat(commonFunctions.isEmailValid("name@gmail.com"), is(true));

    }

}

```

Error : java.lang.NullPointerException at this line:

```
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(email);

```

in the isEmailValid method of CommonFunction class 

the 'pattern' is still null 

that means while testing it I can not access the "Patterns.EMAIL\_ADDRESS" from the android.util.Patterns, EMAIL\_ADDRESS is static final field

Thanks in advance