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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Basic Android Programming Initializing a Button

Daniel Wise
Daniel Wise
9,119 Points
Posted by Daniel Wise
Daniel Wise
9,119 Points

Are you using R to look up the id of the "showfactsbutton?" I have no idea what this means.

I have no idea what this means. What is wrong with the code?

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

public class FunFactsActivity extends Activity {

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

        // Declare our View variables and assign them the Views from the layout file
        TextView factLabel = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.factTextView);
        Button showFactButton; findViewById(R.id.factTextView); 
    }
}

3 Answers

Taha Abbasi
Taha Abbasi
12,865 Points
Taha Abbasi
Taha Abbasi
12,865 Points

Just on quick glance, the problem is you are saying:

Button showFactButton; findViewById(R.id.factTextView);

instead off 

Button showFactButton = findViewById(R.id.factTextView);

You are saying ; after Button showFactButton instead of =

try changing that and see if it fixed the issue.

Daniel Wise
Daniel Wise
9,119 Points
Daniel Wise
Daniel Wise
9,119 Points

I actually saw that in the following video and I made the change. It worked! Thank you so much :)

eddington chaparadza
eddington chaparadza
337 Points
eddington chaparadza
eddington chaparadza
337 Points

Bummer: There is a compiler error. Please click on preview to view your syntax errors! were am l going wrong here

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

public class FunFactsActivity extends Activity {

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

    // Declare our View variables and assign them the Views from the layout file
    TextView factLabel = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.factTextView);
    Button showFactButton = findViewById (R.id.factTextView); 
}

}