title: Null pointer exception during ParseJSON
body: <p>When i am trying to parse the json, its throwing a null pointer exception. Also nothing is showing when i am trying to display the values.</p>
  
  <p>code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class ParseJSON {
      //public static String[] ids;
      public static String[] names;
      public static String[] message;
  
      public static final String JSON_ARRAY = "users";
     // public static final String KEY_ID = "id";
      public static final String KEY_NAME = "username";
      public static final String KEY_EMAIL = "message";
  
      private JSONArray users = null;
  
      private String json;
  
      public ParseJSON(String json){
          this.json = json;
      }
  
      protected void parseJSON(){
          JSONObject jsonObject=null;
          try {
              jsonObject = new JSONObject(json);
              users = jsonObject.getJSONArray(JSON_ARRAY);
  
              //final String TAG = events.class.getSimpleName();
              //Log.d(TAG, "username value: \n" + KEY_NAME);
  
  
              for(int i=0;i&lt;users.length();i++){
                  JSONObject jo = users.getJSONObject(i);
                 // ids[i] = jo.getString(KEY_ID);
                  names[i] = jo.getString(KEY_NAME);
                  message[i] = jo.getString(KEY_EMAIL);
              }
          } catch (JSONException e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
      }
  } 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but when i am trying to display the the parse values, i am displaying it in a separate page, there if i can try to display values using LOG.d, it is showing values.</p>
  
  <p>list_view.java</p>
  
  <pre><code>   private void sendRequest(){
  
  
          StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(JSON_URL,
                  new Response.Listener&lt;String&gt;() {
  
  
  
                      @Override
                      public void onResponse(String response) {
                          showJSON(response);
                      }
                  },
  
  
                  new Response.ErrorListener() {
                      @Override
                      public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                          Toast.makeText(list_view.this,error.getMessage(),Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                      }
                  });
  
          RequestQueue requestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
          requestQueue.add(stringRequest);
      }
  
  
  
  
      private void showJSON(String json){
  
         final String TAG = events.class.getSimpleName();
         Log.d(TAG, "showJSON: \n" + json);
  
          ParseJSON pj = new ParseJSON(json);
          pj.parseJSON();
          CustomList cl = new CustomList(this,ParseJSON.names,ParseJSON.message);
          listView.setAdapter(cl);
      }
  
      @Override
      public void onClick(View v) {
          sendRequest();
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is the error;</p>
  
  <pre><code>04-24 21:49:39.449 15992-15992/? D/events: showJSON: 
                                             {"users":[{"username":"varun","message":"hello word, my first message "},{"username":"varun","message":"hello word, my first message "},{"username":"rahul","message":"hello world"},{"username":"rahul","message":"world: its cool"},{"username":"rahul","message":"awesom"},{"username":"rahul","message":"ranom"},{"username":"rahul","message":"randimagain"},{"username":"rahi","message":"is it me again"},{"username":"rahull","message":"hi rahul"},{"username":"rahul","message":"world, am bacj"},{"username":"rahul","message":"hello parents"},{"username":"","message":""},{"username":"","message":""},{"username":"","message":""},{"username":"","message":""},{"username":"","message":""},{"username":"varun","message":"google world"},{"username":"rahul","message":"ollaaa"},{"username":"rahul","message":"ollaaa"},{"username":"rahul","message":"where are others"},{"username":"rahul","message":"where are others"},{"username":"varun","message":"oil spil"},{"username":"varun","message":"phone"},{"username":"vatun","message":"tttt"},{"username":"varun","message":"poiuytrew"},{"username":"rahui","message":"yregh"},{"username":"varun","message":"huiokgddfv"},{"username":"rahi","message":"poiutghklnbfd"},{"username":"rahui","message":"qwerty"},{"username":"varub","message":"hi eat pineapple"},{"username":"varun","message":"hi prabh"},{"username":"rahul","message":"hi world"},{"username":"ggjdjjf","message":"yhvdhhj"},{"username":"tgggg","message":"hhhh"},{"username":"rahul","message":"lqvrl"},{"username":"hhhh","message":"ghh"},{"username":"tff","message":"gg"},{"username":"hfdhn","message":"hnnnme"},{"username":"popo","message":"plpl"},{"username":"rahulpop","message":"op music"},{"username":"rtrt","message":"tyty"},{"username":"hlpo","message":"opop"},{"username":"hlpoghhj","message":"opop"},{"username":"tt","message":"hhh"},{"username":"ttere","message":"hhh"},{"username":"gytgjyg","message":"lajdhd"},{"username":"topo","message":"ptpt"},{"username":"jgj","message":"rtr"},{"username":"ry","message":"yr"},{"username":"ry","message":"yr"},{"username":"y","message":"q"},{"username":"u","message":"t"},{"username":"tt","message":"pp"},{"username":"q","message":"z"},{"username":"w","message":"v"},{"username":"e","message":"e."},{"username":"ui","message":"ui"},{"username":"yi","message":"yi"},{"username":"gg","message":"g"},{"username":"e","message":"e"},{"username":"h","message":"hh"},{"username":"j","message":"j"},{"username":"j","message":"k"},{"username":"v","message":"v"}]}
  04-24 21:49:39.459 15992-15992/? D/AndroidRuntime: Shutting down VM
  04-24 21:49:39.459 15992-15992/? W/dalvikvm: threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40c1ea68)
  04-24 21:49:39.529 15992-15992/? E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                     java.lang.NullPointerException
                                                         at com.weavearound.schools.weavearound.ParseJSON.parseJSON(ParseJSON.java:43)
                                                         at com.weavearound.schools.weavearound.list_view.showJSON(list_view.java:76)
                                                         at com.weavearound.schools.weavearound.list_view.access$000(list_view.java:22)
                                                         at com.weavearound.schools.weavearound.list_view$1.onResponse(list_view.java:51)
                                                         at com.weavearound.schools.weavearound.list_view$1.onResponse(list_view.java:45)
                                                         at com.android.volley.toolbox.StringRequest.deliverResponse(StringRequest.java:67)
                                                         at com.android.volley.toolbox.StringRequest.deliverResponse(StringRequest.java:30)
                                                         at com.android.volley.ExecutorDelivery$ResponseDeliveryRunnable.run(ExecutorDelivery.java:99)
                                                         at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:605)
                                                         at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
                                                         at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4517)
                                                         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
                                                         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
                                                         at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:993)
                                                         at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:760)
                                                         at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
  04-24 21:49:39.559 403-420/? E/android.os.Debug: !@Dumpstate &gt; dumpstate -k -t -n -z -d -o /data/log/dumpstate_app_error
  </code></pre>