FATAL EXCEPTION: Thread-10
<p>Hi I am calling a service to populate an array, however I am getting the exception FATAL EXCEPTION when the array is populated with values in print_result. If the statement items.add(orig) is called I have this problem. </p>

<p>Exception </p>

<pre><code>W/dalvikvm(11235): threadid=9: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4
001e578)
E/AndroidRuntime(11235): FATAL EXCEPTION: Thread-10
E/AndroidRuntime(11235): java.lang.NullPointerException
E/AndroidRuntime(11235):        at com.example.MyService.print_result(MyService.
java:62)
E/AndroidRuntime(11235):        at com.example.MyService$1.run(MyService.java:54
)
E/AndroidRuntime(11235):        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1019)
W/ActivityManager( 2696):   Force finishing activity com.example/.ServicesDemo
I/OrientationDebug( 2696): [pwm] in updateOrientationListenerLp()
V/OrientationDebug( 2696): in updateOrientationListenerLp(), Screen status=true,
 current orientation=1, SensorEnabled=true
I/OrientationDebug( 2696): [pwm] needSensorRunningLp(), return true #4
I/Launcher( 2852): onResume(). mIsNewIntent : false screenOff: false
E/        ( 2696): Dumpstate &gt; /data/log/dumpstate_app_error
I/dumpstate(11275): begin
D/KeyguardViewMediator( 2696): handleTimeout
W/PowerManagerService( 2696): Timer 0x3-&gt;0x3|0x3
</code></pre>

<p>code:</p>

<pre><code>package com.example;


import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MyService extends Service {

ArrayList&lt;String&gt; items = null;

public String ORIG = "";
private static final String TAG = "MyService";
public Bundle data = new Bundle();


@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return null;
}


public static String getTag() {
return TAG;
}


@Override
public void onCreate() {
Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Created", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

}

@Override
public void onDestroy() {
Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Stopped", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Log.d(TAG, "onDestroy");

}

@Override
public void onStart(Intent intent, int startid) {
Log.d(TAG, "onStart");
data = intent.getExtras();
ORIG = data.getString("originator");
Log.d(TAG, "onCreate");
Thread initBkgdThread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
print_result(ORIG);
}
});
initBkgdThread.start();   
}

public void print_result(String orig){
Log.d(TAG, "HELLO WORLD:" + orig);
items.add(orig);
if (items != null) {
items.add(orig);
String toadd = orig.toString();

if(items.contains(toadd)){
Log.d(TAG, "Element already exists exiting "); 
} else {
Log.d(TAG, "Adding Element");
    items.add(toadd);

}

}
else {
Log.d(TAG, "IS NULL"); 
}
}

}
</code></pre>
