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Android Build a Simple Android App Basic Android Programming Choosing a Random Fact

jinhwa yoo
jinhwa yoo
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choosing a Random Fact There is something wrong in the code.... redline came up...............

String[] facts = { "Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.", "Ostriches can run faster than horses.", "Olympic gold medals are actually made mostly of silver.", "You are born with 300 bones; by the time you are an adult you will have 206.", "It takes about 8 minutes for light from the Sun to reach Earth.", "Some bamboo plants can grow almost a meter in just one day.", "The state of Florida is bigger than England.", "Some penguins can leap 2-3 meters out of the water.", "On average, it takes 66 days to form a new habit.", "Mammoths still walked the earth when the Great Pyramid was being built.", "Treehouse is not actually in a tree."}; };

            String fact = "";
            //Randomly select a fact
            Random randomGenerator = new Random();
            int randomNumber = randomGenerator.nextInt(facts.length);
            fact = facts[randomNumber];
            //update the screen with our dynamic fact
            mTextView.setText(fact);
        }
    };
    mShowFactButton.setOnClickListener(Listener);
}

}

1 Answer

First thing: you said that a red line came up... please give us always the error you get... it helps us finding your error faster.

Second thing: your code is not well formated for this forum, thus not well readable Do you mabe have a curly brace too much after ```String[] facts = {...}

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