Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.content.Context.getPackageName()' on a null object reference

I have an Activity, which itself has three Fragments.

In one of these fragments, there is a RecyclerView with a custom adapter, and clicking on one of its items would go to another page, which is a new instance of the same Activity. However, a certain behaviour causes an error in my app.

From my Activity, clicking on one of the items brings up the new instance of the same Activity, which is fine. Then I press the back button and I am taken back to the first Activity. But clicking on one of these items again (to launch a new instance of the same Activity) causes the following error:

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.content.Context.getPackageName()' on a null object reference

It is also important to consider that I am calling the new instance of the Activity (i.e. where the three items are), in one of the fragments I have in my Activity. So, when I am calling it, I have something like:

public class MyActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    ...

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        ...
        ViewPager viewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.detail_viewpager);
        viewPager.setAdapter(new ViewPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager()));
        TabLayout tabLayout = (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.detail_tabs);
        tabLayout.setTabTextColors(
                ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.text_white_secondary),
                ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.text_white));
        tabLayout.setSelectedTabIndicatorColor(ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.white));
        tabLayout.setupWithViewPager(viewPager);
        viewPager.addOnPageChangeListener(new TabLayout.TabLayoutOnPageChangeListener(tabLayout));
    }

    ...

    public class ViewPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {

        public ViewPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
            super(fm);
        }

        @Override
        public int getCount() {
            return 3;
        }

        @Override
        public Fragment getItem(int position) {
            switch (position) {
                case 0: return new MainFragment();
                case 1: return new MyFragment();
                case 2: return new MyOtherFragment();
            }
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
            Locale l = Locale.getDefault();
            switch (position) {
                case 0:
                    return getString(R.string.tab_main_frag).toUpperCase(l);
                case 1:
                    return getString(R.string.tab_my_frag).toUpperCase(l);
                case 2:
                    return getString(R.string.tab_my_other_frag).toUpperCase(l);
            }
            return null;
        }
    }

    ...

    public static class MyFragment extends Fragment implements MyRVAdapter.OnEntryClickListener {

        ...

        private ArrayList<ItemObj> mArrayList;

        @Override
        public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            ...
            doStuff();
            ...
        }

        private void doStuff() {
            ...
            mArrayList = ...;
            MyRVAdapter adapter = new MyRVAdapter(getActivity(), mArrayList);
            adapter.setOnEntryClickListener(new MyRVAdapter.OnEntryClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onEntryClick(View view, int position) {
                    Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity(), MyActivity.class);
                    intent.putExtra("INFORMATION", mArrayList.get(position));
                    startActivity(intent);
                }
            });
        }

        ...

    }

    ...
}

And here is part of my custom adapter:

public class MyRVAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<MyRVAdapter.MyViewHolder> {

    public static class MyViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder implements View.OnClickListener {

        ...

        MyViewHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            itemView.setOnClickListener(this);
            ...
        }

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // The user may not set a click listener for list items, in which case our listener
            // will be null, so we need to check for this
            if (mOnEntryClickListener != null) {
                mOnEntryClickListener.onEntryClick(v, getLayoutPosition());
            }
        }
    }

    private Context mContext;
    private ArrayList<ItemObj> mArray;

    public MyRVAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<ItemObj> array) {
        mContext = context;
        mArray = array;
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return mArray.size();
    }

    @Override
    public MyViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.tile_simple, parent, false);
        return new MyViewHolder(view);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(MyViewHolder holder, int position) {
        ItemObj anItem = mArray.get(position);

        ...
    }

    @Override
    public void onAttachedToRecyclerView(RecyclerView recyclerView) {
        super.onAttachedToRecyclerView(recyclerView);
    }


    private static OnEntryClickListener mOnEntryClickListener;

    public interface OnEntryClickListener {
        void onEntryClick(View view, int position);
    }

    public void setOnEntryClickListener(OnEntryClickListener onEntryClickListener) {
        mOnEntryClickListener = onEntryClickListener;
    }

}

Here is the error in full:

01-23 14:07:59.083 388-388/com.mycompany.myapp E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.mycompany.myapp, PID: 388
java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.content.Context.getPackageName()' on a null object reference
    at android.content.ComponentName.<init>(ComponentName.java:77)
    at android.content.Intent.<init>(Intent.java:4570)
    at com.mycompany.myapp.MyActivity$MyFragment$1.onEntryClick(MyActivity.java:783)
    at com.mycompany.myapp.adapter.MyRVAdapter$MyViewHolder.onClick(MyRVAdapter.java:42)
    at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:5197)
    at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:20926)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:145)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5951)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1400)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1195)

The error points to the first line: Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity(), MyActivity.class); (from the fragment) first, with line after (in the error) pointing to mOnEntryClickListener.onEntryClick(v, getLayoutPosition()); from the overriden onClick method in the custom adapter.

I have also read similar answers, but they have not solved my issue.

Edit:

By using:

if (getActivity() == null) {
    Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Activity context is null");
} else {
    Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity(), MyActivity.class);
    intent.putExtra("INFORMATION", mArrayList.get(position));
    startActivity(intent);
}

in the inner class (onEntryClick) in the fragment, I found that calling getActivity() returns null.