I am getting can't pass null for argument 'pathString' in child() error in this code

Question

I recently change the firebase database Orders to Location, and I know I missed something there or here but I can't find the issue exactly. Can anyone point to me what am I doing wrong here?

This is the error

2020-03-07 13:26:52.952 32564-32571/? E/zygote: Failed sending reply to debugger: Broken pipe 2020-03-07 13:26:54.048 32564-32620/com.example.policeemergencysystem E/eglCodecCommon: glUtilsParamSize: unknow param 0x000082da 2020-03-07 13:26:54.048 32564-32620/com.example.policeemergencysystem E/eglCodecCommon: glUtilsParamSize: unknow param 0x000082da 2020-03-07 13:27:09.533 32564-32564/? E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main Process: com.example.policeemergencysystem, PID: 32564 java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.policeemergencysystem/com.example.policeemergencysystem.AdminViewMapsActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Can't pass null for argument 'pathString' in child() at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2817) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2892) at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(Unknown Source:0) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1593) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6541) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Can't pass null for argument 'pathString' in child() at com.google.firebase.database.DatabaseReference.child(com.google.firebase:firebase-database@@19.2.1:96) at com.example.policeemergencysystem.AdminViewMapsActivity.onCreate(AdminViewMapsActivity.java:38) at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6975) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1213) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2770) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2892) at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(Unknown Source:0) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1593) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6541) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767)

This is the code.

package com.example.policeemergencysystem;

import android.os.Bundle;

import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity;

import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.OnMapReadyCallback;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.CameraPosition;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions;
import com.google.firebase.database.DataSnapshot;
import com.google.firebase.database.DatabaseError;
import com.google.firebase.database.DatabaseReference;
import com.google.firebase.database.FirebaseDatabase;
import com.google.firebase.database.ValueEventListener;

public class AdminViewMapsActivity extends FragmentActivity implements OnMapReadyCallback {

    private GoogleMap mMap;
    DatabaseReference mMaps;
    private String userID = "";

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_admin_view_maps);
        userID = getIntent().getStringExtra("uid");


        // Obtain the SupportMapFragment and get notified when the map is ready to be used.
        SupportMapFragment mapFragment = (SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager()
                .findFragmentById(R.id.map);
        mapFragment.getMapAsync(this);

        mMaps = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference().child("Location").child(userID);
    }


    @Override
    public void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap) {
        mMap = googleMap;

        mMaps.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
            @Override
            public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {

                double latitude = dataSnapshot.child("latitude").getValue(Double.class);
                double longitude = dataSnapshot.child("longitude").getValue(Double.class);
                LatLng latLng = new LatLng(latitude, longitude);
                mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(latLng).title("Location"));
                CameraPosition cameraPosition = new CameraPosition.Builder()
                        .target(latLng)
                        .zoom(12).build();
                //Zoom in and animate the camera.
                mMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newCameraPosition(cameraPosition));

            }
            @Override
            public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
            }
        });
    }
}

This is how my firebase database looks like 1st one

I change this table. (Orders to Location)

Ashish Ashish · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-07T08:53:09

Your database shows there no uid instead only Hardcoded Admin name.

mMaps = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference().child("Location").child("admin");

Use above database reference.

I am getting can't pass null for argument 'pathString' in child() error in this code

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