kotlin.TypeCastException: null cannot be cast to non-null type com.midsizemango.databasekotlin.Note

I am trying to code my app in Kotlin, but I am getting null cannot be casted to non-null type and app force stops when I open EditNoteActivity at EXTRA_NOTE probably.

Any Help is Highly Appreciated

Code:

class EditNoteActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

var note: Note? = null

private val editNote: TextView? = null

private val fabdrwble: Boolean? = null
private val notesData: MutableList<Note>? = null
private var databaseHelper: DatabaseHelper? = null

private val save: Boolean? = null
private var saveButton: FloatingActionButton? = null
private val tint: ColorStateList? = null

internal var mRowId: Long? = null

internal var spinner: Spinner? = null
internal var spinnertext: String? = null

internal var fav: Int = 0

internal var mSharedFromIntentFilter = false

internal var editTitle: EditText? = null
internal var editContent: EditText? = null
internal var inputlayoutTitle: TextInputLayout? = null
internal var inputlayoutContent: TextInputLayout? = null

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_edit_note)

    var toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar_edit) as Toolbar?
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar)

    if (supportActionBar != null)
        supportActionBar!!.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true)

    databaseHelper = DatabaseHelper(applicationContext)

    inputlayoutTitle = findViewById(R.id.inputlayoutTitle) as TextInputLayout?
    inputlayoutContent = findViewById(R.id.inputlayoutContent) as TextInputLayout?
    editTitle = findViewById(R.id.note_title) as EditText
    editContent = findViewById(R.id.note_content) as EditText?

    val bundle = intent.extras
    val s = bundle.getString("edit")

    if (s == "add") {
        window.setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE)
    } else if (s == "editv") {
        window.setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN)
    }

    note = intent.getSerializableExtra(EXTRA_NOTE) as Note
    if (note != null) {
        editTitle?.setText(note!!.getTitle())
        editContent?.setText(note!!.getContent())
    } else {
        note = Note()
        //note.setUpdatedAt(new Date());
    }

    saveButton = findViewById(R.id.add_edit_button) as FloatingActionButton?
    saveButton!!.setOnClickListener {
        if (isNoteFormOk) {
            setNoteResult()
            finish()
        } else
            validateNoteForm()
    }

    var ll = findViewById(R.id.llmain) as LinearLayout?
    var ll1 = findViewById(R.id.ll1) as LinearLayout?

    /*if(note.getColor() == Color.TRANSPARENT){
        selectedColor = preselect;
    }else {
        selectedColor = note.getColor();
    }

    getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS);

    systemBarTintManager = new SystemBarTintManager(this);
    systemBarTintManager.setStatusBarTintEnabled(true);

    ll.setBackgroundColor(selectedColor);
    ll1.setBackgroundColor(selectedColor);
    toolbar.setBackgroundColor(note.getColor());
    systemBarTintManager.setStatusBarTintColor(selectedColor);*/

}

override fun onResume() {
    super.onResume()
}

override fun onOptionsItemSelected(item: MenuItem): Boolean {
    when (item.itemId) {

        android.R.id.home -> {
            onBack()
            return true
        }
    /*
        case R.id.speech:
            try {
                displaySpeechRecognizer();
            } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
                Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox"));
                startActivity(browserIntent);
            }
            return true;*/

        else -> return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item)
    }
}

private fun displaySpeechRecognizer() {
    val intent = Intent(RecognizerIntent.ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH)
    intent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE_MODEL, RecognizerIntent.LANGUAGE_MODEL_FREE_FORM)
    startActivityForResult(intent, SPEECH_REQUEST_CODE)
}

override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int,
                              data: Intent) {
    if (requestCode == SPEECH_REQUEST_CODE && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
        val results = data.getStringArrayListExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_RESULTS)
        val spokenText = results[0]
        editContent?.setText(spokenText)
    }
    if (requestCode == RequestResultCode.REQUEST_CODE_ADD_NOTE) {
        if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
            addNote(data)
        }
    }
}


private val isNoteFormOk: Boolean
    get() {
        val title = editTitle?.text.toString()
        return !(title == null || title.trim { it <= ' ' }.length == 0)
    }

private fun validateNoteForm() {
    var msg: String? = null
    if (isNullOrBlank(editTitle?.text.toString())) {
        msg = "Title Required"
        inputlayoutTitle?.error = "Title is Missing"
    }
    if (msg != null) {
        Toast.makeText(applicationContext, msg, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
    }
}

private fun setNoteResult() {
    note!!.setTitle(editTitle?.text.toString().trim { it <= ' ' })
    note!!.setContent(editContent?.text.toString().trim { it <= ' ' })
    //note.setUpdatedAt(new Date());
    val intent = Intent()
    intent.putExtra(EXTRA_NOTE, note)
    setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK, intent)
    //addNote(intent);

    Toast.makeText(this@EditNoteActivity, "Note Saved.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
}

private fun onBack() {
    if (isNoteFormOk) {
        if (editTitle?.text.toString() == note!!.getTitle() && editContent?.text.toString() == note!!.getContent()) {
            setResult(Activity.RESULT_CANCELED, Intent())
            finish()
        } else {
            AlertDialog.Builder(this@EditNoteActivity)
                    .setTitle("Save")
                    .setMessage("Do You Want to Save Note")
                    .setPositiveButton("SAVE") { dialog, which ->
                        setNoteResult()
                        finish()
            }.setNegativeButton("CANCEL") { dialog, which ->
                setResult(Activity.RESULT_CANCELED, Intent())
                finish()
            }.show()
        }
    } else {
        setResult(Activity.RESULT_CANCELED, Intent())
        finish()
    }
}

private fun addNote(data: Intent) {
    val note = data.getSerializableExtra(EXTRA_NOTE) as Note
    val noteId = databaseHelper!!.createNote(note)
    note.setId(noteId)
}

override fun onBackPressed() {
    onBack()
    val intentHome = Intent(this@EditNoteActivity, MainActivity::class.java)
    intentHome.flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP
    intentHome.putExtra(EXTRA_NOTE, note)
    setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK, intentHome)
}

companion object {

    private val EXTRA_NOTE = "EXTRA_NOTE"
    private val SPEECH_REQUEST_CODE = 0

    fun isNullOrBlank(str: String?): Boolean {
        return str == null || str.trim { it <= ' ' }.length == 0
    }
}
}

Logs:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{
com.midsizemango.databasekotlin/com.midsizemango.databasekotlin.EditNoteActivity}:
kotlin.TypeCastException: null cannot be cast to non-null type
com.midsizemango.databasekotlin.Note
    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2298)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2360)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:144)
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1278)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)
Caused by: kotlin.TypeCastException: null cannot be cast to non-null type com.midsizemango.databasekotlin.Note
    at com.midsizemango.databasekotlin.EditNoteActivity.onCreate(EditNoteActivity.kt:82)
    at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5933)
    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1105)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2251)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2360) 
    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:144) 
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1278) 
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135) 
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221) 
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372) 
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899) 
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:694)

Solution 1:

In this line:

note = intent.getSerializableExtra(EXTRA_NOTE) as Note

Note is a non-null type, so the cast to it triggers a null check. Since you're comparing note to null manually afterwards, probably you meant the safe cast operator, which yields null if the expression is not of the type specified in the right-hand side:

note = intent.getSerializableExtra(EXTRA_NOTE) as? Note