B4J Question xAnotherDatePicker (b4xlib) inside a xCustomListView - crash

[LucaMs]

xAnotherDatePicker (b4xlib 2.0) inside a xCustomListView (v. 1.73)

Simple test attached.

Spoiler: Crash log

Waiting for debugger to connect...
Program started.
Error occurred on line: 58 (AnotherDatePicker)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at b4j.example.anotherdatepicker$ResumableSub_DesignerCreateView.resume(anotherdatepicker.java:737)
at b4j.example.anotherdatepicker._designercreateview(anotherdatepicker.java:683)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.runMethod(Shell.java:632)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.raiseEventImpl(Shell.java:237)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.raiseEvent(Shell.java:167)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent2(BA.java:91)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.ShellBA.raiseEvent2(ShellBA.java:98)
at anywheresoftware.b4j.objects.CustomViewWrapper.AfterDesignerScript(CustomViewWrapper.java:62)
at anywheresoftware.b4j.objects.LayoutBuilder.loadLayout(LayoutBuilder.java:93)
at anywheresoftware.b4j.objects.PaneWrapper.LoadLayout(PaneWrapper.java:84)
at b4j.example.main._createitem(main.java:131)
at b4j.example.main._appstart(main.java:108)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.runMethod(Shell.java:632)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.raiseEventImpl(Shell.java:237)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.raiseEvent(Shell.java:167)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent2(BA.java:91)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.ShellBA.raiseEvent2(ShellBA.java:98)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent(BA.java:78)
at b4j.example.main.start(main.java:38)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication1$8(LauncherImpl.java:863)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runAndWait$7(PlatformImpl.java:326)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$null$5(PlatformImpl.java:295)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$6(PlatformImpl.java:294)
at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$null$4(WinApplication.java:186)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

 

[LucaMs]

I extrapolated the class (B4J and its layout) and used it directly; this way I could see exactly which line of b4j code generated the error
(note that the class inside the b4xlib I think is less recent than the one published here; even a great expert like me ? is getting lost with the versions of classes and libraries).

Public Sub DesignerCreateView (Base As Object, Lbl As Label, Props As Map)
    mBase = Base
    Dim mlbl As B4XView = Lbl
#if B4J
    Dim form As Form = Props.Get("Form")
    MainPanel = form.RootPane

Props keys are:

customType
csType
shortType
HighlightedColor
MaxYear
MinYear
SelectedColor
type
BackgroundColor
FirstDay

then form variable will be Null.


So this view can only be used directly in a Form or Activity (Page b4i?), right?

 

[Erel]

Use the latest version of ADP, which is B4XDateTemplate from XUI Views. It is implemented as a dialog.

You can add a label and show the dialog when the label is clicked.

 

[LucaMs]

Ok, thank you, but... do you think "you" can change it to work that way too? Or should it be redone from scratch?

 

[Erel]

There is really no reason not to use the newer B4XDateTemplate. It is more powerful and will work in CLV without doing anything special.

 

[LucaMs]

There is really no reason not to use the newer B4XDateTemplate. It is more powerful and will work in CLV without doing anything special.

There is one: I have to study it (too) ?

Thanks, Erel.