Check for non-null parent before delegating to it

            dispatchPopulateAccessibilityEvent(event);

        }

        // In the beginning we called #isShown(), so we know that getParent() is not null.

        ViewParent parent = getParent();

        if (parent != null) {

            getParent().requestSendAccessibilityEvent(this, event);

        }

    }

    /**

     * Dispatches an {@link AccessibilityEvent} to the {@link View} first and then