How to initialize OutputStream

Question

I am developing an app that controls arduino with bluetooth , everything was working fine with the app , I am able to connect with the arduino bluetooth bridge but when i click on the bottons that control the arduino my app crashes , crash log says it happens a Null Point Exception in OutputStream , but im new to this and im not sure how to initialize it , my OutputStream is supposed to transmit the commands ( written in the command string )to the arduino .My doubt is how to initialize the OutputStream? if the question is not clear or lacks information , please tell me .

import android.app.Activity;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothDevice;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothSocket;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.UUID;



public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    Button  forward_btn,forward_left_btn , forward_right_btn , reverse_btn , reverse_right_btn , reverse_left_btn , btnConexao ;
    public static final int SOLICITA_ATIVACAO = 1; // é o codigo numero 1 , é diferenciado o codigo pq pode haver varias solicitações na msma tela
    public static final int SOLICITA_CONEXAO = 2;

    BluetoothAdapter meuBluetoothAdapter=null; //declarar o meu adptador bluetooth
    BluetoothDevice meuDevice=null;
    BluetoothSocket meuSocket=null;// faz transiçao dos dados



    boolean conexao =  false; //variavel para a conexao que indica se a conexao está em andamento ou nao

    private OutputStream outputStream  ;

    private static String MAC = null;
    String command; //string variable that will store value to be transmitted to the bluetooth module

    UUID MEU_UUID = UUID.fromString("00001101-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb"); // canal de comunicaçao bluetooth , UUID- ID do canal
//protocolo Rfcomm



    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        forward_btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.forward_btn); //definir botoes e associar ao ficheiro xml
        forward_left_btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.forward_left_btn);
        forward_right_btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.forward_right_btn);
        reverse_btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.reverse_btn);
        reverse_left_btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.reverse_left_btn);
        reverse_right_btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.reverse_right_btn);
        btnConexao = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnConexao);




        forward_btn.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
            @Override
            // comando para o botao frente , forward button
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {   // comandos bluetooth correspondentes do arduino

                if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) //MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN é quando botao é segurado
                {
                    command = "1";

                    try
                    {
                        outputStream.write(command.getBytes()); //transmite o valor do comando para o modulo bluetooth
                    }
                    catch (IOException e)
                    {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                    return true;
                }
                else if(event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP)
                {
                    command = "10";
                    try
                    {
                        outputStream.write(command.getBytes());
                    }
                    catch(IOException e)
                    {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }

                }

                return false;
            }

        });

        //OnTouchListener para o botao recuar ( reverse button) (pressionar alongado)
        reverse_btn.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener(){
            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event)
            {
                if(event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
                {
                    command = "2";

                    try
                    {
                        outputStream.write(command.getBytes());
                    }
                    catch (IOException e)
                    {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
                else if(event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP)
                {
                    command = "10";
                    try
                    {
                        outputStream.write(command.getBytes());
                    }
                    catch(IOException e)
                    {

                    }

                }
                return false;
            }
        });

Answer 1

For developers with the same problem , the solution was already given to me , the line of code used to initialize "outputstream" and the source for the answer are written here .

Line of code :

outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(1024);