Spinner spinCountry;
        spinCountry= (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinCountry);//fetch the spinner from layout file
        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
                android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, getResources()
                .getStringArray(R.array.country_array));//setting the country_array to spinner
        adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
        //spinCountry.setAdapter(adapter);  <<<<---   this is where it crashes...



07-03 15:40:33.973  21972-21972/com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10 D/dalvikvm﹕ Late-enabling CheckJNI
07-03 15:40:34.074  21972-21972/com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10 D/AndroidRuntime﹕ Shutting down VM
07-03 15:40:34.074  21972-21972/com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10 W/dalvikvm﹕ threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40e2d930)
07-03 15:40:34.074  21972-21972/com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10 E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10/com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10.MAINSp10}: java.lang.NullPointerException
            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2180)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2230)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:141)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1234)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5041)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
     Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
            at com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10.MAINSp10.onCreate(MAINSp10.java:34)
            at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5104)
            at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1080)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2144)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2230)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:141)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1234)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5041)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
07-03 15:49:15.090  22143-22143/com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10 D/AndroidRuntime﹕ Shutting down VM
07-03 15:49:15.090  22143-22143/com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10 W/dalvikvm﹕ threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40e2d930)
07-03 15:49:15.098  22143-22143/com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10 E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10/com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10.MAINSp10}: java.lang.NullPointerException
            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2180)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2230)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:141)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1234)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5041)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
     Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
            at com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10.MAINSp10.onCreate(MAINSp10.java:44)
            at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5104)
            at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1080)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2144)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2230)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:141)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1234)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5041)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
07-03 15:53:08.168  22336-22336/com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10 D/libEGL﹕ loaded /vendor/lib/egl/libEGL_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so
07-03 15:53:08.168  22336-22336/com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10 D/libEGL﹕ loaded /vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv1_CM_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so
07-03 15:53:08.176  22336-22336/com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10 D/libEGL﹕ loaded /vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv2_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so
07-03 15:53:08.246  22336-22336/com.techlatin.vyoumans.spinner10 D/OpenGLRenderer﹕ Enabling debug mode 0