Description ivescharles 2010-08-04 02:32:53 EDT

Build Identifier: I20100608-0911

I've just installed Eclipse for the first time ever on my XP SP3 machine.  It's therefore a clean install.  I also installed the Android SDK for the first time, using the most current version.

I'm using Helios, Version: 3.6.0
Build id: I20100608-0911

I create a new project by right-clicking in the white space of Package Explorer, then selecting New-->Project, then selecting AndroidProject from the tree listing to get the New Android Project wizard.  In the wizard I provide a project name, accept default contents location, select Android 2.2 for my build target, and give the appropriate responses for Properties.

Now, in the resulting project, if I select the strings.xml file (under res/values), I receive the following error message:

java.lang.NullPointerException

When I attempt to add a new string definition to the file (which only has "hello" and "app_name" by default), every time I type a new character the same error message (java.lang.NullPointerException) appears on screen; I have to delete it, and only then can I type a new character.

The Error Log contains this message:

Message: Problems occurred when invoking code from plug-in: "org.eclipse.jface".
Plug-in: org.eclipse.jface

When I select the message and copy it, the following info is saved to the clipboard:

eclipse.buildId=I20100608-0911
java.version=1.6.0_21
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Command-line arguments:  -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86

Problems occurred when invoking code from plug-in: "org.eclipse.jface".

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What can I do to solve this?  This is a clean install...it is not an installation over a previous version.

~~Tom

Reproducible: Always