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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) User Input Getting Text from an EditText

Marco Barbaro
Marco Barbaro
3,106 Points
Posted by Marco Barbaro
Marco Barbaro
3,106 Points

Bug in the course Build an interactive Story App?

Hi,

In the last quiz i don't understand what is my error.

Have I forgotten anything?

thank you in advance for your help.

CodeChallenge.java 
EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField);
String petName = petNameField.getText.toString();

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

Yes you have forgotten something. Namely the parenthesis following the getText method. If you add them like this:

EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField);
String petName = petNameField.getText().toString();

Then your code will work.

Marco Barbaro
Marco Barbaro
3,106 Points
Marco Barbaro
Marco Barbaro
3,106 Points

Oh no... sorry i'm blind!

Tnx a lot.