null pointer exception : println needs a message in android
<p>in my media player i play a song from sdcard. it shows error as null pointer exception : println needs a message  e in android. i tried long time but i do not know the reason .please assist me.</p>

<p>code:</p>

<pre><code>        try{
        mediaPlayer = new  MediaPlayer();
        mediaPlayer.setDataSource("/sdcard/t1.mp3");
        seek.setMax(mediaPlayer.getDuration());
        mediaPlayer.prepare();
        mediaPlayer.start();
        mediaPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(this);          
    }
    catch(Exception ex){
        Log.e("sdcard-err2:",ex.getMessage());  //  null pointer exception : println needs a message 
           }  
</code></pre>

<p>Log cat:</p>

<pre><code>     05-16 19:27:54.491: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6889): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: println needs a message
     05-16 19:27:54.491: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6889):     at android.util.Log.println(Native Method)
     05-16 19:27:54.491: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6889):     at android.util.Log.e(Log.java:208)
     05-16 19:27:54.491: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6889):     at com.seek.bar.media3.onCreate(media3.java:43)
     05-16 19:27:54.491: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6889):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
     05-16 19:27:54.491: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6889):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2459)
     05-16 19:27:54.491: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6889):     ... 11 more
</code></pre>
