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Neil Gittens
Neil Gittens
1,826 Points
Posted by Neil Gittens
Neil Gittens
1,826 Points

Cannot resolve symbol error in simple refactoring tutorial

After cutting and pasting code in a newly created class called FactBook i am receiving cannot resolve symbol errors throughout the program on various items.

example:

cannot resolve symbol "setText" cannot resolve symbol "showFactButton"

I have tried restarting Android studio.

Here is a screen shot

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9lIENS5Ktymd1dLT1lrQjAySUE/view?usp=sharing

----------------------code starts here--------------------------------------------------------

package com.example.Neil.funfacts;

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

import java.util.Random;

public class FunFactsActivity extends Activity {

@Override
protected 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
    final TextView factLabel = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.factTextView);
    Button showFactButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.showFactButton);
    View.OnClickListener listener = new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {

            }
            // Update the label with our dynamic fact
            factLabel.setText("");
        }
    };
    showFactButton.setOnClickListener(listener);



}

}

---------------------------------------code ends here-----------------------------------------------------------

Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher

Could you post the code?

2 Answers

Ben Deitch
STAFF
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher

It looks like you've got an extra '}' in the onClick method. Also, the FactBook class should be in the same folder as FunFactsActivity.

public class FunFactsActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected 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
        final TextView factLabel = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.factTextView);
        Button showFactButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.showFactButton);
        View.OnClickListener listener = new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {

                }  // <-- Try deleting this <-----------------------------
                // Update the label with our dynamic fact
                factLabel.setText("");
            }
        };
        showFactButton.setOnClickListener(listener);
    }
}
Neil Gittens
Neil Gittens
1,826 Points
Neil Gittens
Neil Gittens
1,826 Points

Dude you are a life saver. I comb that code constantly and I don't believe I missed that. What can I say about fresh eyes and experience? I don't think I got to the part about moving the fun fact.

Thank you soooooo very much Ben

Neil Gittens
Neil Gittens
1,826 Points
Neil Gittens
Neil Gittens
1,826 Points

I've tried cleaning cache, rebuilding etc. nothing worked. I'm almost at the point of deleting android studio.

Can anyone please help!! I've been trying solutions on my own. Searching the web constantly. I cannot move on from this point.

Neil