how to set null date

[howud...@gmail.com]

for the date picker, I dont want it to be today's date.  I want it to be "...", or empty

 if (client.getDC_Date() != null) cmbDate1.setDate(client.getDC_Date());
 cmbDate2.setDate(client.getDC_Date2());

if I dont call setDate, the picker defaults to today's date, and there is no way to leave the field blank if needed

if I call setDate(null) then when the picker is selected it get's a nullpointerexception

java.lang.NullPointerException
 at java.util.Calendar.setTime(Calendar.java:1770)
 at com.codename1.ui.spinner.Picker$1.actionPerformed(Picker.java:108)
 at com.codename1.ui.util.EventDispatcher.fireActionEvent(EventDispatcher.java:349)
 at com.codename1.ui.Button.fireActionEvent(Button.java:411)
 at com.codename1.ui.Button.released(Button.java:442)
 at com.codename1.ui.Button.pointerReleased(Button.java:530)
 at com.codename1.ui.Form.pointerReleased(Form.java:2623)
 at com.codename1.ui.Form.pointerReleased(Form.java:2559)
 at com.codename1.ui.Component.pointerReleased(Component.java:3226)
 at com.codename1.ui.Display.handleEvent(Display.java:2022)
 at com.codename1.ui.Display.edtLoopImpl(Display.java:1067)
 at com.codename1.ui.Display.mainEDTLoop(Display.java:996)
 at com.codename1.ui.RunnableWrapper.run(RunnableWrapper.java:120)
 at com.codename1.impl.CodenameOneThread.run(CodenameOneThread.java:176)

[Shai Almog]

Thanks, we'll fix that for the next update.

[howud...@gmail.com]

I'm curious if this has been fixed?  If I setDate(null) on the simulator it's ok, on iOS it gives a null pointer exception.

[Shai Almog]

I'm guessing it was. Do you have a stack trace from iOS?

[howud...@gmail.com]

I dont have a stacktrace on iOS, I dont have a clue how to get one as my primary development is android.  It is easy to reproduce and to me it appears that it was fixed on the sim, android but not iOS.  Here is a very simple test case that reproduces the problem every time:

public class FrmTestDate extends com.codename1.ui.Form {

protected Picker p2 = new Picker();

public FrmTestDate() {

initManualComponents();

}

    

protected void initManualComponents() {

setLayout(new BorderLayout());

p2.setType(Display.PICKER_TYPE_DATE);

p2.setDate(null);

add(BorderLayout.SOUTH, p2);

add(BorderLayout.CENTER, new Label("Test"));

}

    

}

[Steve Hannah]

This found a potential issue, and committed a fix for it here: https://github.com/codenameone/CodenameOne/commit/e1931684c82b7bb8d794cd43c0abd2c95cf6b5ac

This will be included in next server update.

Steve

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