Null pointer exception while building and running bottomnavigation activity

I've a button in a fragment, on click of that button leads me to a new activity which has bottomnavigation.
Button:

<androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/driveBtn"
        android:layout_below="@id/recyclerview"
        android:layout_marginTop="10sp"
        android:text="Book a Cab"
        android:background="@drawable/buttonshape"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16sp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16sp"
        android:textColor="@color/white" />  

Code to redirect to new activity:

case R.id.driveBtn:
                Intent intent3 = new Intent(getContext(), DriveActivity.class);
                startActivity(intent3);  
                break;  

DriveActivity:

public class DriveActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_drive);
        BottomNavigationView navView = findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
        // Passing each menu ID as a set of Ids because each
        // menu should be considered as top level destinations.
        AppBarConfiguration appBarConfiguration = new AppBarConfiguration.Builder(
                R.id.navigation_home, R.id.navigation_dashboard, R.id.navigation_notifications)
                .build();
        NavController navController = Navigation.findNavController(this, R.id.nav_host_fragment);
        NavigationUI.setupActionBarWithNavController(this, navController, appBarConfiguration);
        NavigationUI.setupWithNavController(navView, navController);
    }

}

activity_drive:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/container"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingTop="?attr/actionBarSize"
    tools:context=".view.ui._activity.DriveActivity">

    <com.google.android.material.bottomnavigation.BottomNavigationView
        android:id="@+id/nav_view"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="0dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="0dp"
        android:background="?android:attr/windowBackground"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:menu="@menu/bottom_nav_menu"
        app:labelVisibilityMode="labeled" />

    <fragment
        android:id="@+id/nav_host_fragment"
        android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        app:defaultNavHost="true"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@id/nav_view"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:navGraph="@navigation/mobile_navigation" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>  

When I try running that app, I get this error:
> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void androidx.appcompat.app.ActionBar.setTitle(java.lang.CharSequence)' on a null object reference
at androidx.navigation.ui.ActionBarOnDestinationChangedListener.setTitle(ActionBarOnDestinationChangedListener.java:48)
at androidx.navigation.ui.AbstractAppBarOnDestinationChangedListener.onDestinationChanged(AbstractAppBarOnDestinationChangedListener.java:103)
From where is that ActionBar being called?
at androidx.navigation.NavController.addOnDestinationChangedListener(NavController.java:233)
at androidx.navigation.ui.NavigationUI.setupActionBarWithNavController(NavigationUI.java:227)
at com.dell.mycampus.view.ui._activity.DriveActivity.onCreate(DriveActivity.java:27)

Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog.Alert is a theme appropriate for a Dialog. Specifically, an AlertDialog. Dialogs do not have an action bar, so it is expected that an Activity using that theme will not have an action bar, resulting in getSupportActionBar() always returning null.

When you say setupActionBarWithNavController() you are saying you want to set up your action bar with your NavController. Since have no action bar, it is expected that every call to setTitle, setDisplayHomeAsUp() and other ActionBar API fail with a NullPointerException.

If you want a theme that includes an action bar by default, you should use a Theme.AppCompat.Light theme for your activity.