Google Maps Fragment returning null inside a fragment

Question

So I have an empty fragment that contains a map fragment. Whenever I try to activate the fragment containing the map, my app crashes and returns a null pointer error on this

Answer 1

This issue happened to me when I tried to port my Eclipse project to Android Studio project.

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment.getMap()' on a null object reference

I used it with a Fragment Activity like this:

((SupportMapFragment) getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.mapToday)).getMap();

However, the problem was, earlier I was using a specific version of Google Play Services (4.3.23).

But the Gradle build select the most recent version (compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:+')

I tried some other specific version like (6.1.71). But still gave null point exception.

I used the same old version as I used before and it worked.

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.3.23'

This works for me as a temporary solution. However, this will be a problem when I need to update to a new play services library.

It seems that there is no specific map library with this version available for Gradle build when I try like this:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:4.3.23'