android studio java.langNullPointerException null référence d'objet

Je suis sans cesse à obtenir une erreur lorsque vous essayez d'exécuter une application android me disant qu'il y est un null objet de référence. Je suis encore un débutant avec android et java et j'apprécierais toute aide que je peux obtenir.

Ici est la logcat:

01-17 17:11:49.156  27778-27778/com.example.owner.sketchy D/AndroidRuntime Shutting down VM
--------- beginning of crash
01-17 17:11:49.157  27778-27778/com.example.owner.sketchy E/AndroidRuntime FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.owner.sketchy, PID: 27778
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.owner.sketchy/com.example.owner.sketchy.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.view.View android.widget.LinearLayout.getChildAt(int)' on a null object reference
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2298)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2360)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:144)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1278)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.view.View android.widget.LinearLayout.getChildAt(int)' on a null object reference
at com.example.owner.sketchy.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:33)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5933)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1105)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2251)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2360)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:144)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1278)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)

et voici mon MainActivity.java:

    package com.example.owner.sketchy;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private ImageButton currPaint;
private DrawingView drawView;
public void paintClicked(View view) {
if (view != currPaint) {
ImageButton imgView = (ImageButton) view;
String color = view.getTag().toString();
imgView.setImageDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.paint_pressed));
currPaint.setImageDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.paint));
currPaint = (ImageButton) view;
drawView.setColor(color);
}
}
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
drawView = (DrawingView)findViewById(R.id.drawing);
LinearLayout paintLayout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.paint_colors);
currPaint = (ImageButton)paintLayout.getChildAt(0);
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
//Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
return true;
}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
//Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
//automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
//as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
InformationsquelleAutor Caedon Bates | 2015-01-17