This error occurred after a bundle was not loaded correctly.
Restarting the studio fixed the bundle loading issue. But when I closed the welcome page after I had restarted, a NPE was logged.
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.views.variables.VariablesView.partDeactivated(VariablesView.java:621)
at org.eclipse.ui.part.PageBookView$4.partDeactivated(PageBookView.java:1026)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartListenerList2$4.run(PartListenerList2.java:115)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform.run(Platform.java:888)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartListenerList2.fireEvent(PartListenerList2.java:55)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartListenerList2.firePartDeactivated(PartListenerList2.java:113)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartService.firePartDeactivated(PartService.java:242)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartService.setActivePart(PartService.java:300)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPagePartList.fireActivePartChanged(WorkbenchPagePartList.java:57)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartList.setActivePart(PartList.java:136)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.setActivePart(WorkbenchPage.java:3636)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.internalActivate(WorkbenchPage.java:691)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.activate(WorkbenchPage.java:663)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.makeActive(WorkbenchPage.java:1324)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.updateActivePart(WorkbenchPage.java:1304)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.hideView(WorkbenchPage.java:2462)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.hideView(WorkbenchPage.java:2483)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchIntroManager.closeIntro(WorkbenchIntroManager.java:91)
at com.ebmwebsourcing.petals.studio.welcome.PetalsStudioWelcomePage.closeWelComePage(PetalsStudioWelcomePage.java:1200)
at com.ebmwebsourcing.petals.studio.welcome.PetalsStudioWelcomePage.access$4(PetalsStudioWelcomePage.java:1199)
at com.ebmwebsourcing.petals.studio.welcome.PetalsStudioWelcomePage$4.widgetDefaultSelected(PetalsStudioWelcomePage.java:376)
at com.ebmwebsourcing.petals.studio.welcome.PetalsStudioWelcomePage$4.widgetSelected(PetalsStudioWelcomePage.java:372)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:240)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1077)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendSelectionEvent(Widget.java:1094)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Link.wmNotifyChild(Link.java:1071)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.wmNotify(Control.java:5534)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite.wmNotify(Composite.java:1896)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.WM_NOTIFY(Control.java:5086)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.windowProc(Control.java:4584)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:4985)
at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.CallWindowProcW(Native Method)
at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.CallWindowProc(OS.java:2424)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Link.callWindowProc(Link.java:172)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.wmLButtonUp(Widget.java:2057)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.WM_LBUTTONUP(Control.java:4912)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Link.WM_LBUTTONUP(Link.java:909)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.windowProc(Control.java:4565)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:4985)
at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DispatchMessageW(Native Method)
at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DispatchMessage(OS.java:2530)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3752)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2696)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2660)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2494)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:674)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:667)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:123)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
This NPE should be prevented or caught.