title: nullpointerexception in AsyncTask in android studio
body: <p>I am trying to parse a website using Jsoup.
  But in the onPostUpdate method while changing the textview get the nullpointerexception.
  please help I am using my mobile to run this.
  jsoup is parsing the page but onPostupdate fails to update the TextView component.</p>
  
  <p>Here is my code</p>
  
  <pre><code>    package com.example.mayurn.sitechecker;
  
  import android.os.AsyncTask;
  import android.provider.DocumentsContract;
  import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.util.Log;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.widget.Button;
  import android.widget.EditText;
  import android.widget.TextView;
  import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
  import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
  
  
  
  public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
      TextView textview;
      private static final String TAG="MyTag";
      TextView setter;
  
  
  
      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
          TextView textview = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView);
          Button button = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button);
  
  
  
  
          button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
              @Override
              public void onClick(View v) {
  
                  new doit().execute();
                  Log.i(TAG,"doit executer");
  
  
              }
          });
  
      }
  
  
      public class doit extends AsyncTask&lt;Void,Void,Void&gt;{
          String words;
  
          @Override
          protected void onPreExecute() {
              super.onPreExecute();
  
          }
  
          @Override
          protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
  
              try {
                  //Document doc = Jsoup.connect("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page").get();
                  org.jsoup.nodes.Document doc=Jsoup.connect("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page").get();
                  words = doc.text();
                  Log.i(TAG,"Words initialized");
                  Log.i(TAG,words);
  
  
  
              } catch (Exception e) {
                  e.printStackTrace();
              }
  
  
             return null;
          }
  
          @Override
          protected void onPostExecute(Void aVoid) {
              try {
                  Log.i(TAG, "Inside onpostexecute");
                  textview.setText("words");
              }catch (Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
          }
      }
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Logcat output is</p>
  
  <pre><code>12-25 16:21:05.348 12857-12988/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker W/System.err: Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Class not found using the boot class loader; no stack trace available
  12-25 16:21:09.071 12857-12988/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker I/MyTag: Words initialized
  12-25 16:21:09.072 12857-12988/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker I/MyTag: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Open main menu Today's featured article Hebron Church is a mid-19th century Lutheran church in Intermont, Hampshire County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was founded in 1786 as Great Capon Church by German settlers in the Cacapon River Valley, making it the first Lutheran church west of the Shenandoah Valley. The congregation worshiped in a log church, which initially served both Lutheran and Reformed denominations. In 1821, records and sermons transitioned from German to English. The church's congregation built the present Greek Revival-style church building in 1849, when it was renamed Hebron on the Cacapon. The original log church was moved across the road and used as a sexton's house, Sunday school classroom, and public schoolhouse. To celebrate the congregation's 175th anniversary in 1961, Hebron Church constructed a building for community functions and religious education, designed to be architecturally compatible with the 1849 brick church. Hebron Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, cited as a Potomac Highlands church with vernacular Greek Revival architecture. (Full article...) Recently featured: Themes in Maya Angelou's autobiographies Richard Dannatt Andrew Sledd Archive By email More featured articles... In the news Breitscheidplatz Christmas market The United Nations Security Council adopts a resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Syrian government forces retake control of the besieged areas of Aleppo. More than 30 people are killed by government security forces as protests break out across the Democratic Republic of the Congo following Joseph Kabila's refusal to step down after the completion of his scheduled term in office. An explosion at a fireworks market in Tultepec, Mexico, kills at least 32 people and injures more than 50 others. A terrorist attack kills 12 people and injures 56 others, as a stolen truck is rammed into a Christmas market (pictured) in Berlin, Germany. Ongoing: Battle of Mosul Recent deaths: Rick Parfitt Franca Sozzani Corno Michèle Morgan Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&amp;oldid=749836961" Read in another language View edit history of this page. ® Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. Terms of Use Privacy Desktop
  12-25 16:21:09.072 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker I/MyTag: Inside onpostexecute
  12-25 16:21:09.072 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.TextView.setText(java.lang.CharSequence)' on a null object reference
  12-25 16:21:09.072 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker W/System.err:     at com.example.mayurn.sitechecker.MainActivity$doit.onPostExecute(MainActivity.java:82)
  12-25 16:21:09.072 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker W/System.err:     at com.example.mayurn.sitechecker.MainActivity$doit.onPostExecute(MainActivity.java:49)
  12-25 16:21:09.072 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker W/System.err:     at android.os.AsyncTask.finish(AsyncTask.java:651)
  12-25 16:21:09.073 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker W/System.err:     at android.os.AsyncTask.access$500(AsyncTask.java:180)
  12-25 16:21:09.073 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker W/System.err:     at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.handleMessage(AsyncTask.java:668)
  12-25 16:21:09.073 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker W/System.err:     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
  12-25 16:21:09.073 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker W/System.err:     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
  12-25 16:21:09.073 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker W/System.err:     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5451)
  12-25 16:21:09.073 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker W/System.err:     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
  12-25 16:21:09.073 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker W/System.err:     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
  12-25 16:21:09.073 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker W/System.err:     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
  12-25 16:21:22.001 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker V/BoostFramework: BoostFramework() : mPerf = com.qualcomm.qti.Performance@4a0167
  12-25 16:21:22.006 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker V/BoostFramework: BoostFramework() : mPerf = com.qualcomm.qti.Performance@89a2b14
  12-25 16:21:22.007 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker V/BoostFramework: BoostFramework() : mPerf = com.qualcomm.qti.Performance@83c9fbd
  12-25 16:21:22.008 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker V/BoostFramework: BoostFramework() : mPerf = com.qualcomm.qti.Performance@3a9c9b2
  12-25 16:21:22.009 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker V/BoostFramework: BoostFramework() : mPerf = com.qualcomm.qti.Performance@c6b4d03
  12-25 16:21:22.009 12857-12857/com.example.mayurn.sitechecker V/BoostFramework: BoostFramework() : mPerf = com.qualcomm.qti.Performance@e78e480
  </code></pre>