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Android

Carl Taggett
Carl Taggett
10,319 Points
Posted by Carl Taggett
Carl Taggett
10,319 Points

Android Question BlogReader Getting Data from the Web: Trying Code and Catching Exceptions

Declare a constant String variable named URL and set it to "teamtreehouse.com". Declare it as a static constant like we did in the video?

static final String URL = (teamtreehouse.com); ????

5 Answers

Paul Stevens
Paul Stevens
4,125 Points
Paul Stevens
Paul Stevens
4,125 Points

Hello,

I think instead of brackets you need speech marks around the value:

static final String URL = "teamtreehouse.com";

Paul :)

Paul Stevens
Paul Stevens
4,125 Points
Paul Stevens
Paul Stevens
4,125 Points

Hello,

You need to set the variable as public as well. Also the line should go above the @override.

package com.example;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import android.util.Log;

public class MainListActivity extends ListActivity {

    //Declare a constant String variable named URL and set it to "teamtreehouse.com".
    public static final String URL = "teamtreehouse.com";  

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


        // Add Task 2 code here
    }
}

Hope this helps, Paul :)

Carl Taggett
Carl Taggett
10,319 Points
Carl Taggett
Carl Taggett
10,319 Points

package com.example;

import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import java.net.MalformedURLException; import android.util.Log;

public class MainListActivity extends ListActivity {

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

static final String URL = "teamtreehouse.com";

    // Add Task 2 code here
}

}

this the code i have however not working not sure what i'm missing

Carl Taggett
Carl Taggett
10,319 Points
Carl Taggett
Carl Taggett
10,319 Points

got it! thanks for the help ;)