NullPointerException when running on Android

Hey @EddyVerbruggen,

Just tried out the plugin and it works great on iOS, but I’m getting the following error on Android:

JS: Error in mapbox.show: Error: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.content.res.Resources android.content.Context.getResources()' on a null object reference
JS:     android.view.ViewConfiguration.get(ViewConfiguration.java:359)
JS:     android.view.View.<init>(View.java:3587)
JS:     android.view.View.<init>(View.java:3682)
JS:     android.view.ViewGroup.<init>(ViewGroup.java:497)
JS:     android.view.ViewGroup.<init>(ViewGroup.java:493)
JS:     android.view.ViewGroup.<init>(ViewGroup.java:489)
JS:     android.view.ViewGroup.<init>(ViewGroup.java:485)
JS:     android.widget.FrameLayout.<init>(FrameLayout.java:103)
JS:     com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.views.MapView.<init>(MapView.java:685)

Any idea what’s up? I’m testing on an Android 5.x emulator and I have showUserLocation turned off. Here’s the code I’m using:

mapbox.show({
    accessToken: "---MY TOKEN---",
    style: mapbox.MapStyle.EMERALD,
    margins: {
        left: 0,
        right: 0,
        top: 0,
        bottom: 300
    },
    showUserLocation: false,
    hideAttribution: true,
    hideLogo: true,
    hideCompass: true
});

Thanks.

[tjvantoll]

@MikeHuntington To my knowledge there are no updates, but the setTimeout() workaround has been working fine for me. Essentially the code is something like this:

import {Component} from "angular2/core";
var mapbox = require("nativescript-mapbox");

@Component({
  selector: "my-app",
  template: `
<StackLayout [loaded]="layoutLoaded()">
  ...
</StackLayout>
`
})
export class AppComponent {
  layoutLoaded() {
    setTimeout(showMap, 1000);
  }

  showMap() {
    mapbox.show({
      accessToken: "...",
      style: mapbox.MapStyle.EMERALD,
      showUserLocation: false
    });
  }
}

You can show an activity indicator or something in the time it takes to load the map if the delay is awkward.

[EddyVerbruggen]

@Stavanger75 about to push an update that handles this delay automatically.