title: EditText keeps returning null?
body: <pre><code>public class Input extends FragmentActivity {
  
  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
  
      EditText mEditText1 = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.number1i); 
      String val1 = mEditText1.getText().toString();
      EditText mEditText2 = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.number2i); 
      String val2 = mEditText2.getText().toString();
  
      double dVal1 = Double.parseDouble(val1); 
      double dVal2 = Double.parseDouble(val2);
  
  
    } 
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is my xml file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="match_parent"
      android:orientation="vertical" 
      android:background="@drawable/background"&gt;
  
      &lt;EditText
          android:id="@+id/number1i"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:ems="10"
          android:hint="Enter your first value"
          android:inputType="numberDecimal" /&gt;   
  
      &lt;EditText
          android:id="@+id/number2i"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:ems="10"
          android:hint="Enter your second value"
          android:inputType="numberDecimal" /&gt;
  
      &lt;TextView
          android:id="@+id/output"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:gravity="center"
          android:textSize="22sp" /&gt;
  
      &lt;Button
          android:id="@+id/add_marker"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
          android:text="Add value"
          android:onClick="userInput1"
          android:textSize="22sp" /&gt;   
  
  &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>12-05 08:57:17.113: E/AndroidRuntime(8420): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
  12-05 08:57:17.113: E/AndroidRuntime(8420):     at com.example.whatever.input.onCreate(input.java:23)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Line 23 is</p>
  
  <pre><code>String val1 = mEditText1.getText().toString();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any help please?</p>
  
  <p>I would presume because the value could be empty?</p>