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Android

Tom Finet
Tom Finet
7,027 Points
Posted by Tom Finet
Tom Finet
7,027 Points

Adding Weather Icon

I am trying to get the weather icon id so that I can display it. For some reason it does not recognise the variables in the if statements.

Here is my code in CurrentWeather.java:

public int getIconId() {
    //clear-day, clear-night, rain, snow, sleet, wind, fog, cloudy, partly-cloudy-day, or partly-cloudy-night
    int iconId = R.drawable.clear_day;
    if (mIcon.equals("clear-day")) {
        iconId = R.drawable.clear_day;
    } else if (mIcon.equals("clear-night")) {
        iconId = R.drawable.clear_night;
    } else if (mIcon.equals("rain")) {
        iconId = R.drawable.rain;
    } else if (mIcon.equals("snow")) {
        iconId = R.drawable.snow;
    } else if (mIcon.equals("sleet")) {
        iconId = R.drawable.sleet;
    } else if (mIcon.equals("wind")) {
        iconId = R.drawable.wind;
    } else if (mIcon.equals("fog")) {
        iconId = R.drawable.fog;
    } else if (mIcon.equals("cloudy")) {
        iconId = R.drawable.cloudy;
    } else if (mIcon.equals("partly-cloudy-day")) {
        iconId = R.drawable.partly_cloudy;
    } else if (mIcon.equals("partly-cloudy-night")) {
        iconId = R.drawable.cloudy_night;
    }
    return iconId;
}

Here are the gradle build messages:

Error:(40, 32) error: cannot find symbol variable clear_day Error:(42, 32) error: cannot find symbol variable clear_day Error:(44, 32) error: cannot find symbol variable clear_night Error:(46, 32) error: cannot find symbol variable rain Error:(48, 32) error: cannot find symbol variable snow Error:(50, 32) error: cannot find symbol variable sleet Error:(52, 32) error: cannot find symbol variable wind Error:(54, 32) error: cannot find symbol variable fog Error:(56, 32) error: cannot find symbol variable cloudy Error:(58, 32) error: cannot find symbol variable partly_cloudy Error:(60, 32) error: cannot find symbol variable cloudy_night

What can I do to solve this?

1 Answer

Ozhan Saat
PLUS
Ozhan Saat
Courses Plus Student 4,002 Points
Ozhan Saat
Ozhan Saat
Courses Plus Student 4,002 Points

Your if statement is "if (mIcon.equals("clear-day"))" which means "if the icon equals a string".

Try

if (iconString.equals("clear-day"))