Service class null pointer
<p>I have created a service class for my network connection so that my app can create a connection and then access the input and output streams throughout the program. I have instantiated the service class in the first activity but whenever I try and access a get method from the service class i get a null pointer exception. The weird thing is, when i debug the program it does not get this error.</p>

<p>Here is the class that is getting the code:</p>

<pre><code>public class WaitingActivity extends Activity implements Runnable{
WaitingNetwork roleGetter;
String role;
int gotrole = 0;
Intent intent;



protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.waitingroom);   


    Thread thread = new Thread(this);
    thread.start();
    ProgressDialog dialog = ProgressDialog.show(WaitingActivity.this, "", 
            "Loading. Please wait...", true);
}
Networking mService;
boolean mBound = false;

@Override
protected void onStart() {
    super.onStart();
    // Bind to LocalService
    Intent intent = new Intent(this, Networking.class);
    bindService(intent, mConnection, Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
}

@Override
protected void onStop() {
    super.onStop();
    // Unbind from the service
    if (mBound) {
        unbindService(mConnection);
        mBound = false;
    }
}

/** Called when a button is clicked (the button in the layout file attaches to
 * this method with the android:onClick attribute) */


/** Defines callbacks for service binding, passed to bindService() */
private ServiceConnection mConnection = new ServiceConnection() {

    @Override
    public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName className,
            IBinder service) {
        // We've bound to LocalService, cast the IBinder and get LocalService instance
        LocalBinder binder = (LocalBinder) service;
        mService = binder.getService();
        mBound = true;
    }

    @Override
    public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName arg0) {
        mBound = false;
    }
};


ObjectInputStream stream;
public void getStream(){
    stream = mService.getStateOis();
}

@Override
public void run() {

    getStream();

    roleGetter = new WaitingNetwork(stream);
    Thread fred = new Thread(roleGetter);
    fred.start();
</code></pre>

<p>Here's the stack trace:</p>

<pre><code>03-26 15:41:16.374: E/AndroidRuntime(1301): FATAL EXCEPTION: Thread-11
03-26 15:41:16.374: E/AndroidRuntime(1301): java.lang.NullPointerException
03-26 15:41:16.374: E/AndroidRuntime(1301):     at  com.DrawTastic.WaitingActivity.getStream(WaitingActivity.java:82)
03-26 15:41:16.374: E/AndroidRuntime(1301):     at com.DrawTastic.WaitingActivity.run(WaitingActivity.java:88)
03-26 15:41:16.374: E/AndroidRuntime(1301):     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1019)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301): Activity com.DrawTastic.WaitingActivity has leaked window com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView@405320a0 that was originally added here
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301): android.view.WindowLeaked: Activity com.DrawTastic.WaitingActivity has leaked window com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView@405320a0 that was originally added here
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.view.ViewRoot.&lt;init&gt;(ViewRoot.java:258)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:148)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:91)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.view.Window$LocalWindowManager.addView(Window.java:424)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.app.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:241)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.app.ProgressDialog.show(ProgressDialog.java:107)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.app.ProgressDialog.show(ProgressDialog.java:90)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at com.DrawTastic.WaitingActivity.onCreate(WaitingActivity.java:33)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1611)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1663)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:931)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
03-26 15:41:18.454: E/WindowManager(1301):  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
</code></pre>
