Android – FATAL EXCEPTION: main KotlinNullPointerException

This is my first time building an android application. However when i run the app on my Virtual Device, it stopped working and keeps crashing. The error says something about null pointer exception. This is my first time using Kotlin and I coded in Java and changed to Kotlin.

 override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_add_sales)

    val date: EditText? = null
    val changeDate: CheckBox? = null
    val yes: RadioButton? = null
    val no: RadioButton? = null

    date!!.setText("15-11-2017")
    date.isEnabled = false

    val button2 = findViewById<View>(R.id.btnSubmit) as Button
    button2.setOnClickListener {
        var name = findViewById<View>(R.id.name) as EditText
        var cost = findViewById<View>(R.id.cost) as EditText
        val itemcost = Integer.parseInt(cost!!.text.toString())
        var price = findViewById<View>(R.id.price) as EditText
        val itemprice = Integer.parseInt(price!!.text.toString())
        var qty = findViewById<View>(R.id.quantity) as EditText
        var chgDate = false
        var discount = false
        val toast = Toast(applicationContext)
        if (itemprice < itemcost) {
            price!!.error = "Selling price cannot be lower than item price!"
        } else {
            if (changeDate!!.isChecked) {
                chgDate = true
                date.isEnabled = true
            }
            if (yes!!.isChecked) {
                discount = true
            }
        }
        Toast.makeText(this@AddSales, "Item Name: " + name!!.text + "\n" + "Cost: " + cost!!.text + "\n" + "Item Price: " + price!!.text + "\n" + "Quantity: " + qty!!.text + "Date: " + date + "Staff Discount: " + discount, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
    }

}

and the error is:

11-17 06:23:34.603 3540-3540/com.example.ruiru.salestracker
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.ruiru.salestracker, PID: 3540
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity
ComponentInfo{com.example.ruiru.salestracker/com.example.ruiru.salestracker.AddSales}:
kotlin.KotlinNullPointerException
at
android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2817)
at
android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2892)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(Unknown Source:0)
at
android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1593)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6541)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at
com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767)
Caused by: kotlin.KotlinNullPointerException
at com.example.ruiru.salestracker.AddSales.onCreate(AddSales.kt:25)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6975)
at
android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1213)
at
android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2770)
at
android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2892) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(Unknown Source:0) 
at
android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1593) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6541) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at
com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767)