title: Android - unexplained crash
body: <p>I am trying to show a bitmap image inside an image view using the following code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.item_picture);
  byte[] decodedString = Base64.decode(temp, Base64.DEFAULT);
  Bitmap decodedByte = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(decodedString, 0, decodedString.length); 
  imageView.setImageBitmap(decodedByte);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However it keeps crashing on the last line and i dont know why.</p>
  
  <p>Heres the logcat:</p>
  
  <pre><code>09-08 09:29:01.626: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:01.636: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:01.636: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:01.636: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:01.636: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:01.636: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/KeypressStandard.ogg
  09-08 09:29:01.636: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/KeypressSpacebar.ogg
  09-08 09:29:01.646: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/KeypressDelete.ogg
  09-08 09:29:01.646: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/KeypressReturn.ogg
  09-08 09:29:03.549: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:03.556: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:03.556: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:03.556: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:03.556: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:03.556: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/KeypressStandard.ogg
  09-08 09:29:03.556: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/KeypressSpacebar.ogg
  09-08 09:29:03.566: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/KeypressDelete.ogg
  09-08 09:29:03.566: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/KeypressReturn.ogg
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288): java.lang.NullPointerException
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at com.myCompany.myApp.SearchActivity$MyListAdapter.getView(SearchActivity.java:139)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.widget.AbsListView.obtainView(AbsListView.java:2177)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.widget.ListView.measureHeightOfChildren(ListView.java:1247)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.widget.ListView.onMeasure(ListView.java:1159)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:15848)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.widget.RelativeLayout.measureChild(RelativeLayout.java:698)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onMeasure(RelativeLayout.java:494)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:15848)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5008)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:310)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:15848)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5008)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1404)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:695)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:588)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:15848)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5008)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:310)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.onMeasure(PhoneWindow.java:2189)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:15848)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performMeasure(ViewRootImpl.java:1905)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.measureHierarchy(ViewRootImpl.java:1104)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1284)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1004)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:5481)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:749)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:562)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:532)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:735)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:730)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5103)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:737)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
  09-08 09:29:08.727: E/AndroidRuntime(7288):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
  09-08 09:29:11.216: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:11.226: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:11.226: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:11.226: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:11.236: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg
  09-08 09:29:11.236: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/KeypressStandard.ogg
  09-08 09:29:11.236: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/KeypressSpacebar.ogg
  09-08 09:29:11.236: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/KeypressDelete.ogg
  09-08 09:29:11.246: E/SoundPool(275): error loading /system/media/audio/ui/KeypressReturn.ogg
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here the getView code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@Override
      public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
      {
          //make sure we have a view to work with (may have been given null)
          View itemView = convertView;
  
          if(itemView == null)
          {
                  itemView = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.list_item, parent, false);
          }
  
          //Find the user to work with
          Users currentUser = myUsers.get(position);
  
          //Fill the view
          TextView text;
          text = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.item_name);
          text.setText(currentUser.getName());
  
          text = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.item_location);
          text.setText(currentUser.getLocation());
  
          String temp = currentUser.getPicture();
  
          if(!temp.equals("noPicture"))
              {
                  ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.item_picture);
                  byte[] decodedString = Base64.decode(temp, Base64.DEFAULT);
                  Bitmap decodedByte = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(decodedString, 0, decodedString.length); 
                  imageView.setImageBitmap(decodedByte);
          }
  
          return itemView;
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can anyone see a reason for it crashing??</p>