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Posted by Steve Yoon
Steve Yoon
2,408 Points

Code Challenge: All About @string Resources (part 5)

I keep getting the same error: "Bummer! Compilation Error!" I'm pretty sure I'm doing it right though...

 Resources resources = getResources();
 phoneNumberLabels = resources.getStringArray(R.array.phoneNumbers);
 String[] phoneNumberLabels = { "-home", "-work", "-mobile" }; 

 Button saveButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.saveButton);
 String label = getString(R.string.saveLabel);
 saveButton.setText(label);

Help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

6 Answers

Maximilian McKinley
Maximilian McKinley
7,525 Points
Maximilian McKinley
Maximilian McKinley
7,525 Points

You can change your code one of two ways.

Option one: Change Resources resources = getResources(); to --> String resources = getResources();

Option two: Delete line one entirely and change phoneNumberLabels = resources.getStringArray(R.array.phoneNumbers); to -- > phoneNumberLabels = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.phoneNumbers);

Steve Yoon
Steve Yoon
2,408 Points
Steve Yoon
Steve Yoon
2,408 Points

Thanks for the response, but (unfortunately) it didn't work. I tried both, but it said the same thing; Bummer! Compilation Error! Since it's a challenge, maybe it's expecting a specific answer.

Maximilian McKinley
Maximilian McKinley
7,525 Points
Maximilian McKinley
Maximilian McKinley
7,525 Points

That is strange since I specifically went back and did that code challenge over and this is what I used to pass it....

Steve Yoon
Steve Yoon
2,408 Points
Steve Yoon
Steve Yoon
2,408 Points

Maybe it's some sort of glitch.

Jonathan Baker
Jonathan Baker
2,304 Points
Jonathan Baker
Jonathan Baker
2,304 Points

Steve,

It looks like you're assigning the String[] to phoneNumberLabels before the the variable is declared.

Swap these two lines and you should be good to go. =)

 phoneNumberLabels = resources.getStringArray(R.array.phoneNumbers);
 String[] phoneNumberLabels = { "-home", "-work", "-mobile" };
Steve Yoon
Steve Yoon
2,408 Points
Steve Yoon
Steve Yoon
2,408 Points

Thanks Jonathan! It worked. One thing though; how did that make a difference? I don't think that those two specific lines' order should've mattered. Anyway, thank you very much. This one has been blocking me for a while. :D

Jonathan Baker
Jonathan Baker
2,304 Points

It matters because what you had is invalid syntax and would (should) throw a Java compiler error (which it did). You can not assign a value to a variable before it has been declared (in Java).

For example:

// This will throw a compilation error!
myVariable = "Hello Compilation Error";
String myVariable;

// This will work perfectly!
String myVariable;
myVariable = "Hello World!";

Glad I could help. If you wouldn't mind, please select my / an answer as the correct one so other people see this question has been answered! =)

Jonathan Baker
Jonathan Baker
2,304 Points

In hindsight, you could also have simply replaced the static String[] initializer with the result of the resource.

String[] phoneNumberLabels = resources.getStringArray(R.array.phoneNumbers);