Question:

I've tried to follow a tutorial on accessing sqlite databases on android and i've made it so far.

my code gets to "columns[] created" and then i get a null pointer exception...

I believe my database is populated but i have no way of really telling. can someone show me how to check? / get this working?

public Cursor getAnimalCursor() { System.out.println("in getAnimalCursor()"); String[] columns = new String[] {"_id", "name"}; System.out.println("columns[] created"); Cursor c = myDataBase.query("animals", null, null, null, null, null, null); System.out.println("cursor created"); return c; }

Check if you have initialized myDataBase. It is the cause of null pointer exception.

You are not selecting any columns

have you tried this?

Cursor c = myDataBase.query("animals", columns, null, null, null, null, null);

<strong>Edit:</strong>

as Anirudha Agashe mention

I think the NPE occurs because he does not do open() the sql