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MUZ140584 Heredity Mbundire
4,979 PointsWe have a simple VideoGame class that we need to make Parcelable. We will start by writing the da
i need yo help guyz
public class VideoGame implements Parcelable {
public String mTitle = "";
public int mYear = 0;
public VideoGame() {
// intentionally blank
}
// getters and setters omitted for brevity!
@Override
public int describeContents() {
return 0;
}
@Override
public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
// Task 1 code here!
}
}
3 Answers

chris boich
7,846 PointsYou have to set the "dest" parameter within writeToParcel. First you type "dest" than the proper write statement for the data type, if its a String use dest.writeString(variable name). For example:
dest.writeDouble(mTemperature);
MUZ140772 Thomas Mushayi
4,418 PointsHi im having an error i dont where im doing it wrong
thanks /////////./VideoGame.java:20: error: cannot find symbol dest.writeDouble(mTemperature); ^ symbol: variable mTemperature location: class VideoGame 1 error
MUZ140772 Thomas Mushayi
4,418 PointsHi im having an error i dont where im doing it wrong
thanks /////////./VideoGame.java:20: error: cannot find symbol dest.writeDouble(mTemperature); ^ symbol: variable mTemperature location: class VideoGame 1 error