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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Improving Our Code Simple Refactoring: Using a Class

Bobby Varghese
Bobby Varghese
540 Points
Posted by Bobby Varghese
Bobby Varghese
540 Points

App Crashes After Pushing Button

So I have set the text of all the TextViews and Buttons to "default". What I have coded for is randomly picking a string out of array and setting it equal to on of the TextViews and setting another TextView to the index of the array, but when I push the button, it crashes.

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

Can you post your code so we can take a look?

Bobby Varghese
Bobby Varghese
540 Points
Bobby Varghese
Bobby Varghese
540 Points

public class Words { public String [] phrases = { "java", "c++", "python", "javascript", "PHP", "assembly" };

public int num  = 0;

public  String pickFact ()
{
    Random randomizer = new Random();
    num = randomizer.nextInt(phrases.length);
    String picked = phrases[num];

    return  picked;
}

public int numPicked ()
{
    int i = 0;
    while  (i != num)
    {
        i++;
    };

    return i;
}

}

public class FunFactsActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private Words mFunFacts = new Words();

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_fun_facts);
    /*Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);*/

    //Declare View variables and assign them the Views from the layout file
    final TextView factlabel = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.FirstTextView);
    Button FactButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.FactButton);
    final TextView titleTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.titleTextView);

    View.OnClickListener listener = new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            String fact = mFunFacts.pickFact();
           //String factNum = mFunFacts.pickNum() + "";
            factlabel.setText(fact);
            int num = mFunFacts.numPicked();
            titleTextView.setText(num);
        }
    };

    FactButton.setOnClickListener(listener);


 //   FloatingActionButton fab = (FloatingActionButton) findViewById(R.id.fab);
   /* fab.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            Snackbar.make(view, "Replace with your own action", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
                    .setAction("Action", null).show();
        }
    });*/
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_fun_facts, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();

    //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
    if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
        return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

}

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

Remember you shouldn't use a number type like int with setText. You need to "smush" it with an empty string first.

titleTextView.setText(num + "");

I should mention that your numPicked() is a little complicated for what is does. All you really need to do is return num; and that's it.