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Android Build an Interactive Story App Intents and Multiple Activities Using String Resources

Muhittin Palamutçu
Muhittin Palamutçu
1,890 Points
Posted by Muhittin Palamutçu
Muhittin Palamutçu
1,890 Points

Challenge activity error help me!

Hey! I don't understand why its given an error? Question: Now switch back to CodeChallenge.java. Set the buttonLabel variable to the new String resource you just added using the getString(int id) method. Don't forget: the id parameter will begin with R.string

CodeChallenge.java 
Button loadPuppiesButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.puppiesButton);
String buttonLabel = "";
loadPuppiesButton.setText("LOAD");
Resources resources=getResources();
buttonLabel = resources.getString(R.string.morePuppies);
strings.xml 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="morePuppies">See More Puppies</string>
</resources>

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

The challenge assumes you're in a Context (like an Activity) where you can call getString() directly without requesting the Resources object first.