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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Basic Android Programming Adding the onClick() Method

Posted by Bedeho Mender
Bedeho Mender
4,498 Points

Cant compile/build the App! A. studio says it cannot find the symbol for TextView / Button!

Here is a screenshot(http://imgur.com/inkCZaS) of my stuff. Know that I started adding the empty string functions later because i tried to follow the video, but I had the same problem before when it was a static string.

Daniel Hartin
Daniel Hartin
18,106 Points
Daniel Hartin
Daniel Hartin
18,106 Points

Hi Bedeho

Can you post your code please, I assume there is supposed to be a link in the question but it hasn't worked unfortunately if that is the case.

Will be glad to help you once I can some of your code.

Daniel

1 Answer

Joon Son
Joon Son
5,269 Points
Joon Son
Joon Son
5,269 Points

i'm going to guess this happened because you didn't use autocomplete. autocomplete not only fills in the class for you but adds a nice import statement up top adding where the button and textview class came from. try adding this in your import statements

import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.TextView;

you might have to click on the button to drop the import statements if you see something like import ...