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Android Build a Self-Destructing Message Android App Using Fragments for Tabs Modifying Tabs from the Template

Cant seem to get past this video?(Please Help!)

I keep getting errors on this page i have posted the Main Activity.java where i am getting all the errors?

import java.util.Locale;

import android.content.Intent; import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity; import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity; import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar; import android.support.v4.app.Fragment; import android.support.v4.app.FragmentManager; import android.support.v4.app.FragmentTransaction; import android.support.v4.app.FragmentPagerAdapter; import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager; import android.util.Log; import android.view.LayoutInflater; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.view.View; import android.view.ViewGroup;

import com.parse.ParseObject; import com.parse.ParseUser;

public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity implements ActionBar.TabListener {

public static final String TAG = MainActivity.class.getSimpleName();
/**
 * The {@link android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter} that will provide
 * fragments for each of the sections. We use a
 * {@link FragmentPagerAdapter} derivative, which will keep every
 * loaded fragment in memory. If this becomes too memory intensive, it
 * may be best to switch to a
 * {@link android.support.v4.app.FragmentStatePagerAdapter}.
 */
SectionsPagerAdapter mSectionsPagerAdapter;

/**
 * The {@link ViewPager} that will host the section contents.
 */
ViewPager mViewPager;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    ParseObject object;

    ParseUser currentUser = ParseUser.getCurrentUser();
    if (currentUser == null) {
        new Object() {
            private void navigateToLogin() {
                Intent intent = new Intent(this, LoginActivity.class);
                intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
                intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
                startActivity(intent);
            }
        }.navigateToLogin();
    } else {
        Log.i(TAG, currentUser.getUsername());
    }


    // Set up the action bar.
    final ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
    actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);

    // Create the adapter that will return a fragment for each of the three
    // primary sections of the activity.
    mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(this,
            getSupportFragmentManager());

    // Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
    mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
    mViewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);

    // When swiping between different sections, select the corresponding
    // tab. We can also use ActionBar.Tab#select() to do this if we have
    // a reference to the Tab.
    mViewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onPageSelected(int position) {
            actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
        }
    });

    // For each of the sections in the app, add a tab to the action bar.
    for (int i = 0; i < mSectionsPagerAdapter.getCount(); i++) {
        // Create a tab with text corresponding to the page title defined by
        // the adapter. Also specify this Activity object, which implements
        // the TabListener interface, as the callback (listener) for when
        // this tab is selected.
        actionBar.addTab(
                actionBar.newTab()
                        .setText(mSectionsPagerAdapter.getPageTitle(i))
                        .setTabListener(this));
    }
}

private void navigateToLogin() {
    Intent intent = new Intent(this, LoginActivity.class);
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
    startActivity(intent);

}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    int itemId = item.getItemId();

    if (itemId == R.id.action_logout) {
        ParseUser.logOut();
        navigateToLogin();
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();

    //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
    if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
        return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

@Override
public void onTabSelected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
    // When the given tab is selected, switch to the corresponding page in
    // the ViewPager.
    mViewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
}

@Override
public void onTabUnselected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
}

@Override
public void onTabReselected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
}

/**
 * A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
 */
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
    /**
     * The fragment argument representing the section number for this
     * fragment.
     */
    private static final String ARG_SECTION_NUMBER = "section_number";

    /**
     * Returns a new instance of this fragment for the given section
     * number.
     */
    public static PlaceholderFragment newInstance(int sectionNumber) {
        PlaceholderFragment fragment = new PlaceholderFragment();
        Bundle args = new Bundle();
        args.putInt(ARG_SECTION_NUMBER, sectionNumber);
        fragment.setArguments(args);
        return fragment;
    }

    public PlaceholderFragment() {
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
        return rootView;
    }
}

}

The errors i am recieving are:

-Error:Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJava'.

Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details. -Error:(67, 37) error: cannot find symbol method getSupportActionBar() -Error:(55, 37) error: no suitable constructor found for Intent(<anonymous Object>,Class<LoginActivity>) constructor Intent.Intent(String,Uri) is not applicable (argument mismatch; <anonymous Object> cannot be converted to String) constructor Intent.Intent(Context,Class<?>) is not applicable (argument mismatch; <anonymous Object> cannot be converted to Context) -Error:(130, 20) error: method onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem) is already defined in class MainActivity

Thanks in Advance!

13 Answers

Jon Kussmann
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Jon Kussmann
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import android.app.ActionBar;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentPagerAdapter;
import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.Window;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.jonkussmann.ribbit.R;
import com.jonkussmann.ribbit.adapters.SectionsPagerAdapter;
import com.jonkussmann.ribbit.utils.ParseConstants;
import com.parse.ParseUser;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;


public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity implements ActionBar.TabListener {
    private static final String TAG = MainActivity.class.getSimpleName();

    public static final int TAKE_PHOTO_REQUEST = 0;
    public static final int TAKE_VIDEO_REQUEST = 1;
    public static final int PICK_PHOTO_REQUEST = 2;
    public static final int PICK_VIDEO_REQUEST = 3;

    public static final int MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE = 4;
    public static final int MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO = 5;

    public static final int FILE_SIZE_LIMIT = 1024*1024*10; //10MB

    protected Uri mMediaUri;

    /**
     * The {@link android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter} that will provide
     * fragments for each of the sections. We use a
     * {@link FragmentPagerAdapter} derivative, which will keep every
     * loaded fragment in memory. If this becomes too memory intensive, it
     * may be best to switch to a
     * {@link android.support.v4.app.FragmentStatePagerAdapter}.
     */
    SectionsPagerAdapter mSectionsPagerAdapter;

    /**
     * The {@link ViewPager} that will host the section contents.
     */
    ViewPager mViewPager;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_INDETERMINATE_PROGRESS);
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        ParseUser currentUser = ParseUser.getCurrentUser();

        if (currentUser == null) {
            navigateToLogin();
        } else {
            Log.i(TAG, currentUser.getUsername());
        }

        // Set up the action bar.
        final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
        actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);

        // Create the adapter that will return a fragment for each of the three
        // primary sections of the activity.
        mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(this, getSupportFragmentManager());

        // Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
        mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
        mViewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);

        // When swiping between different sections, select the corresponding
        // tab. We can also use ActionBar.Tab#select() to do this if we have
        // a reference to the Tab.
        mViewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener() {
            @Override
            public void onPageSelected(int position) {
                actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
            }
        });

        // For each of the sections in the app, add a tab to the action bar.
        for (int i = 0; i < mSectionsPagerAdapter.getCount(); i++) {
            // Create a tab with text corresponding to the page title defined by
            // the adapter. Also specify this Activity object, which implements
            // the TabListener interface, as the callback (listener) for when
            // this tab is selected.
            actionBar.addTab(
                    actionBar.newTab()
                            .setContentDescription(mSectionsPagerAdapter.getPageTitle(i))
                            .setIcon(mSectionsPagerAdapter.getIcon(i))
                            .setTabListener(this));
        }
    }

    private void navigateToLogin() {
        Intent intent = new Intent(this, LoginActivity.class);
        intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
        intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
        startActivity(intent);
    }


    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
        // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
        // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
        int id = item.getItemId();
        switch(id) {
            case R.id.action_logout:
                ParseUser.logOut();
                navigateToLogin();
                break;
            case R.id.action_edit_friends:
                Intent intent = new Intent(this, EditFriendsActivity.class);
                startActivity(intent);
                break;
            case R.id.action_camera:
                AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
                builder.setItems(R.array.camera_choices, mDialogListener);
                AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
                dialog.show();
                break;
        }


        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

    @Override
    public void onTabSelected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onTabUnselected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onTabReselected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {

    }
}

I tried to get rid of some of the extra stuff that you'll have in the future, but it should mostly look like this. Essentially, you need to Override a few methods shown at the bottom. You could copy them as I have, or you could highlight the error near main activity and you should get a little popup that lets you implement the methods.

Jon Kussmann
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Jon Kussmann
Courses Plus Student 7,254 Points

What are you trying to do with new Object in the section where currentUser == null?

I added that in the previous section was I suppose to delete it?

Jon Kussmann
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Jon Kussmann
Courses Plus Student 7,254 Points
ParseUser currentUser = ParseUser.getCurrentUser();
  if (currentUser == null) {
    naviateToLogin();
  } else {
    Log.i(TAG, currentUser.getUsername());
 }

Thanks!

final ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar(); it says this cant be resolved?

Jon Kussmann
Jon Kussmann
Courses Plus Student 7,254 Points

Try using getActionBar(); instead of getSupportActionBar();

You'll have to adjust your imports accordingly.

Your talking to an extreme beginner?How? Now I have 2 new errors? .setTabListener(this)); actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);

Jon Kussmann
Jon Kussmann
Courses Plus Student 7,254 Points

If those two are crossed out, that means it's deprecated. They should work fine, and you can probably ignore those errors.

so I tried to run the app and it said,

Error:(89, 45) error: incompatible types: MainActivity cannot be converted to TabListener

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJava'.

Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

Jon Kussmann
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Jon Kussmann
Courses Plus Student 7,254 Points
// Set up the action bar.
        final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
        actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);

        // Create the adapter that will return a fragment for each of the three
        // primary sections of the activity.
        mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(this, getSupportFragmentManager());

        // Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
        mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
        mViewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);

        // When swiping between different sections, select the corresponding
        // tab. We can also use ActionBar.Tab#select() to do this if we have
        // a reference to the Tab.
        mViewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener() {
            @Override
            public void onPageSelected(int position) {
                actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
            }
        });

        // For each of the sections in the app, add a tab to the action bar.
        for (int i = 0; i < mSectionsPagerAdapter.getCount(); i++) {
            // Create a tab with text corresponding to the page title defined by
            // the adapter. Also specify this Activity object, which implements
            // the TabListener interface, as the callback (listener) for when
            // this tab is selected.
            actionBar.addTab(
                    actionBar.newTab()
                            .setContentDescription(mSectionsPagerAdapter.getPageTitle(i))
                            .setIcon(mSectionsPagerAdapter.getIcon(i))
                            .setTabListener(this));
        }

Thanks for helping...

I made the corrections and now I have

import java.util.Locale;

import android.content.Intent; import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity; import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity; import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar; import android.support.v4.app.Fragment; import android.support.v4.app.FragmentManager; import android.support.v4.app.FragmentTransaction; import android.support.v4.app.FragmentPagerAdapter; import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager; import android.util.Log; import android.view.LayoutInflater; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.view.View; import android.view.ViewGroup;

import com.parse.ParseObject; import com.parse.ParseUser;

public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity implements ActionBar.TabListener {

public static final String TAG = MainActivity.class.getSimpleName();
/**
 * The {@link android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter} that will provide
 * fragments for each of the sections. We use a
 * {@link FragmentPagerAdapter} derivative, which will keep every
 * loaded fragment in memory. If this becomes too memory intensive, it
 * may be best to switch to a
 * {@link android.support.v4.app.FragmentStatePagerAdapter}.
 */
SectionsPagerAdapter mSectionsPagerAdapter;

/**
 * The {@link ViewPager} that will host the section contents.
 */
ViewPager mViewPager;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    ParseObject object;

    ParseUser currentUser = ParseUser.getCurrentUser();
    if (currentUser == null) {
        navigateToLogin();
    } else {
        Log.i(TAG, currentUser.getUsername());
    }
    // Set up the action bar.
    final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
    actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);

    // Create the adapter that will return a fragment for each of the three
    // primary sections of the activity.
    mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(this, getSupportFragmentManager());

    // Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
    mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
    mViewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);

    // When swiping between different sections, select the corresponding
    // tab. We can also use ActionBar.Tab#select() to do this if we have
    // a reference to the Tab.
    mViewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onPageSelected(int position) {
            actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
        }
    });

    // For each of the sections in the app, add a tab to the action bar.
    for (int i = 0; i < mSectionsPagerAdapter.getCount(); i++) {
        // Create a tab with text corresponding to the page title defined by
        // the adapter. Also specify this Activity object, which implements
        // the TabListener interface, as the callback (listener) for when
        // this tab is selected.
        actionBar.addTab(
                actionBar.newTab()
                        .setContentDescription(mSectionsPagerAdapter.getPageTitle(i))
                        .setIcon(mSectionsPagerAdapter.getIcon(i))
                        .setTabListener(this));
    }
}

private void navigateToLogin() {
    Intent intent = new Intent(this, LoginActivity.class);
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
    startActivity(intent);

}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    int itemId = item.getItemId();

    if (itemId == R.id.action_logout) {
        ParseUser.logOut();
        navigateToLogin();
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}


@Override
public void onTabSelected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
    // When the given tab is selected, switch to the corresponding page in
    // the ViewPager.
    mViewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
}

@Override
public void onTabUnselected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
}

@Override
public void onTabReselected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
}

/**
 * A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
 */
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
    /**
     * The fragment argument representing the section number for this
     * fragment.
     */
    private static final String ARG_SECTION_NUMBER = "section_number";

    /**
     * Returns a new instance of this fragment for the given section
     * number.
     */
    public static PlaceholderFragment newInstance(int sectionNumber) {
        PlaceholderFragment fragment = new PlaceholderFragment();
        Bundle args = new Bundle();
        args.putInt(ARG_SECTION_NUMBER, sectionNumber);
        fragment.setArguments(args);
        return fragment;
    }

    public PlaceholderFragment() {
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
        return rootView;
    }
}

}

Error:(88, 59) error: cannot find symbol method getIcon(int) Error:(58, 49) error: incompatible types: android.app.ActionBar cannot be converted to android.support.v7.app.ActionBar

Jon Kussmann
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Jon Kussmann
Courses Plus Student 7,254 Points

In your import statements, you have:

import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;

Change that to:

import android.app.ActionBar;

Dont give up and i really appreciate the help i have been stuck for days but after i made that change i got more errors?

Error:(26, 8) error: MainActivity is not abstract and does not override abstract method onTabReselected(Tab,FragmentTransaction) in TabListener Error:(88, 59) error: cannot find symbol method getIcon(int) Error:(121, 5) error: method does not override or implement a method from a supertype Error:(128, 5) error: method does not override or implement a method from a supertype Error:(132, 5) error: method does not override or implement a method from a supertype Note: C:\Users\Breyonna\AndroidStudioProjects\Ribbit\app\src\main\java\com\example\breyonna\ribbit\MainActivity.java uses or overrides a deprecated API. Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details. Error:Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJava'.

Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

....:)

WOW! Thanks for sticking it out and helping only one more question and than im done! .setIcon(mSectionsPagerAdapter.getIcon(i))

get icon is still saying cannot resolve method?Is it something in another folder that is causing the error?

Jon Kussmann
Jon Kussmann
Courses Plus Student 7,254 Points

In your SectionsPagerAdapter.java file, do you have the method getIcon?

If not, I can post mine for your use, or you can get it from the video.

i see get item but no get icon

import android.support.v4.app.Fragment; import android.support.v4.app.FragmentManager; import android.support.v4.app.FragmentPagerAdapter; import android.content.Context;

import java.util.Locale;

/**

  • Created by Breyonna on 4/5/2015. */

/**

  • A {@link FragmentPagerAdapter} that returns a fragment corresponding to
  • one of the sections/tabs/pages. */ public class SectionsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {

    protected Context mContext;

    public SectionsPagerAdapter(Context context, FragmentManager fm) { super(fm); mContext = context; }

    @Override public Fragment getItem(int position) { // getItem is called to instantiate the fragment for the given page. // Return a PlaceholderFragment (defined as a static inner class below). return MainActivity.PlaceholderFragment.newInstance(position + 1); }

    @Override public int getCount() { // Show 3 total pages. return 3; }

    @Override public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) { Locale l = Locale.getDefault(); switch (position) { case 0: return mContext.getString(R.string.title_section1).toUpperCase(l); case 1: return mContext.getString(R.string.title_section2).toUpperCase(l); } return null; } }