From 9be90a589e211f24e89f2e95fc9cb71a3a4c7ef6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Asiel=20D=C3=ADaz=20Ben=C3=ADtez?= <adbenitez@nauta.cu>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2021 09:05:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] avoid NullPointerException (#2013)

---
 .../thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationListFragment.java | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationListFragment.java b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationListFragment.java
index 7cc125877..e7f076dcd 100644
--- a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationListFragment.java
+++ b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationListFragment.java
@@ -418,7 +418,14 @@ public class ConversationListFragment extends Fragment
     } else {
       listflags |= DcContext.DC_GCL_ADD_ALLDONE_HINT;
     }
-    DcChatlist chatlist = DcHelper.getContext(getContext()).getChatlist(listflags, queryFilter.isEmpty() ? null : queryFilter, 0);
+
+    Context context = getContext();
+    if (context == null) {
+      // can't load chat list at this time, see: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-android/issues/2012
+      Log.w(TAG, "Ignoring call to loadChatlist()");
+      return;
+    }
+    DcChatlist chatlist = DcHelper.getContext(context).getChatlist(listflags, queryFilter.isEmpty() ? null : queryFilter, 0);
 
     Util.runOnMain(() -> {
       if (chatlist.getCnt() <= 0 && TextUtils.isEmpty(queryFilter)) {