java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.view.View.setScaleX(float)' on a null object reference

[dipeshjethva]

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.view.View.setScaleX(float)' on a null object reference
at xyz.hanks.library.bang.SmallBangView.likeAnimation(SmallBangView.java:190)
at com.yourpackagename.CatJobActivity$JobListFragment$JobListingAdapter.onBindViewHolder(CatJobActivity.java:915)
at com.yourpackagename.CatJobActivity$JobListFragment$JobListingAdapter.onBindViewHolder(CatJobActivity.java:867)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView$Adapter.onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.java:6356)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView$Adapter.bindViewHolder(RecyclerView.java:6389)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView$Recycler.tryBindViewHolderByDeadline(RecyclerView.java:5335)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView$Recycler.tryGetViewHolderForPositionByDeadline(RecyclerView.java:5598)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView$Recycler.getViewForPosition(RecyclerView.java:5440)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView$Recycler.getViewForPosition(RecyclerView.java:5436)
at android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager$LayoutState.next(LinearLayoutManager.java:2224)
at android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager.layoutChunk(LinearLayoutManager.java:1551)
at android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager.fill(LinearLayoutManager.java:1511)
at android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager.onLayoutChildren(LinearLayoutManager.java:595)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.dispatchLayoutStep2(RecyclerView.java:3583)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.dispatchLayout(RecyclerView.java:3312)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.onLayout(RecyclerView.java:3844)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onLayout(RelativeLayout.java:1079)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1741)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1585)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1494)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1741)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1585)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1494)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onLayout(RelativeLayout.java:1079)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.support.design.widget.HeaderScrollingViewBehavior.layoutChild(HeaderScrollingViewBehavior.java:131)
at android.support.design.widget.ViewOffsetBehavior.onLayoutChild(ViewOffsetBehavior.java:42)
at android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout$ScrollingViewBehavior.onLayoutChild(AppBarLayout.java:1391)
at android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout.onLayout(CoordinatorLayout.java:870)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:323)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:261)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1741)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1585)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1494)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onLayout(RelativeLayout.java:1079)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onLayout(RelativeLayout.java:1079)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout.layoutChild(CoordinatorLayout.java:1167)
at android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout.onLayoutChild(CoordinatorLayout.java:852)
at android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout.onLayout(CoordinatorLayout.java:871)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:323)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:261)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1741)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1585)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1494)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:323)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:261)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1741)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1585)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1494)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:323)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:261)
at com.android.internal.policy.DecorView.onLayout(DecorView.java:954)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:19055)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5935)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performLayout(ViewRootImpl.java:2716)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:2431)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1569)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:7301)
at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:930)
at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:705)
at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:640)
at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:916)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6816)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1563)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1451)

[aliusman]

I had the same issue - SmallBangView must be rendered on runtime fixed it for me.