I have this code:

```
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    WebView siteViewer = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);
    if(siteViewer != null)
        siteViewer.loadUrl("http://www.website.com");

    if (savedInstanceState == null) {
        getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
                .add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment())
                .commit();

    }
}

```

It's the default android app code, except:

```
    WebView siteViewer = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);
    if(siteViewer != null)
        siteViewer.loadUrl("http://www.website.com");

```

`siteViewer` is always `null`. If I don't use the `if()` statement, the app will crash immediately upon opening, otherwise it just skips `loadURL`.

I found a similar bug here:

<https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=11533>

Apparently some OS's don't allow it? I'm running it on 4.4.2 in an emulator. I also tried it on a Motorola Razr with 4.1.2 and I get the same result

---

With the line `if(siteViewer != null)` commented out, this is the logcat:

```
05-15 16:05:35.112: D/AndroidRuntime(1201): Shutting down VM
05-15 16:05:35.112: W/dalvikvm(1201): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0xada41ba8)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201): Process: com.example.webviewtest, PID: 1201
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.webviewtest/com.example.webviewtest.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2195)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2245)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at com.example.webviewtest.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:25)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2159)
05-15 16:05:35.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1201):     ... 11 more

```

Here is `activity_main.xml`:

```
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/container"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.example.webviewtest.MainActivity"
    tools:ignore="MergeRootFrame" />

```

Here is `fragment_main.xml`:

```
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="com.example.webviewtest.MainActivity$PlaceholderFragment" >

    <WebView
        android:id="@+id/webView"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

```

---

Following the suggestion given, this is the PlaceHolderFragment code, with the WebView code included, that gives me the error `cannot make a static reference to the non-static method findViewById(int) from the type Activity`:

```
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {

    public PlaceholderFragment() {

    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
            Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);

        WebView siteViewer = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);
        if(siteViewer != null)
            siteViewer.loadUrl("http://www.website.com");

        return rootView;
    }
}

```
['https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/23687250', 'https://Stackoverflow.com', 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2016196/']
`siteViewer` is `null`, because there is no such element with id = `webView` found at the `activity_main.xml`. Please double check that you've typed it correctly.
did you set the permission to access the internet in manifest file?

```
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> 

```