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Android

Posted by Kevin Tipper
Kevin Tipper
126 Points

Add cast missing in quick fixes

Hi, I'm tring to do the crystal ball project on Android, but when i hover over findViewByid the add cast to text view option doesn't appear in the quick fixes box. I am running windows 7 64bit

Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer

What version of Eclipse are you using?

1 Answer

Ben Jakuben
STAFF
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

Kevin contacted us through email and I answered him there, so I am posting it in here, too, for future reference. :)

Sorry you're having trouble! One thing that might be causing the problem is if your method name is mistyped. In your email you have "findViewByid", but the "I" in "Id" needs to be capitalized. Something like that could be preventing the Quick Fix from being generated.

If your method is correct, what happens if you add the cast manually? All you need to do is type (Button) or (TextView) in front of findViewById (depending on which you are trying to get, of course).

Here's an example: mAnswerLabel = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);