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Android Build a Weather App (2015) Networking Building an HTTP Request

Posted by tatenda passmore
tatenda passmore
5,773 Points

android

what is wrong on this code

MovieActivity.java 
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MovieActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_movie);
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
        Request request = new Request.Builder().url(apiUrl).build();       

        String apiUrl = "http://api.rottentomatoes.com/api/public/v1.0/movies.json?apikey=xyz&q=hobbit";
    }
}

1 Answer

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

String apiUrl has to exist to be used.

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MovieActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_movie);

        // Get some movie information!
        String apiUrl = "http://api.rottentomatoes.com/api/public/v1.0/movies.json?apikey=xyz&q=hobbit";

      OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
        Request request = new Request.Builder().url(apiUrl).build(); 
    }
}

If you click on the preview button with your code, it should give you a message of "cannot find symbol". This typically means you're making reference to something that doesn't exist (or doesn't exist yet).

tatenda passmore
tatenda passmore
5,773 Points

thanks simon