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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Basic Android Programming Making a Button Do Something

Posted by Pablo Paredes Lombardo
Pablo Paredes Lombardo
226 Points

Cannot Resolve Symbol "setOnClickListener"

Hi i have an error trying to set up the "setOnClickListener" code. The text appears in red and its says that can't resolve the symbol.

            showFactButton.**setOnClickListener**(new OnClickListener());
            ```

1 Answer

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points
Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

If you actually have the asterisks I see try removing them from the code, and that suppose to be a function so it has to be written along the lines of...

        showFactButton.setOnClickListener(/*add your listener here*/);