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Android

Posted by Elizabeth Johannson
Elizabeth Johannson
1,442 Points

Code Challenge: Shaking it Up

I am stuck on the code challenge in the shaking it up section of the crystal ball app.

I added the super line, but something is still wrong. What am I missing?

  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState);

I've watched the video several times now. This is the longest I have been stuck on something.

4 Answers

Ryan Bend
Ryan Bend
5,951 Points
Ryan Bend
Ryan Bend
5,951 Points

Not an expert but I had the same problem, remove the 'Bundle' from the super. onCreate method like so:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

If someone could explain exactly what's going on there I'd appreciate it as well.

Elizabeth Johannson
Elizabeth Johannson
1,442 Points
Elizabeth Johannson
Elizabeth Johannson
1,442 Points

Thanks, it worked.

But I don't understand why either.

Maybe someone will give us some tips on what is happening there.

Ben Jakuben
STAFF
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

Glad you got it working! This question was asked a while back, and I gave an explanation about it there that will hopefully explain it for you. :)

Elizabeth Johannson
Elizabeth Johannson
1,442 Points

Thanks for the link Ben. I think I get it now.

I have found that the forum is difficult to search. I don't want to keep repeating questions that have been already asked and answered, but it isn't always easy to find out if a similar question has been asked.

It might help if there were a section in the forum for each project, although it understand that you don't want it to become unwieldy.

I did try searching several different terms before posting this question but the thread you linked to did not come up.

Ben Jakuben
STAFF
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

Search in the Forum is actually kind of broken since the redesign a few weeks ago. :-/ It should hopefully be fixed soon. We also would like to include more intelligent links to the forum from videos and code challenges but that's probably a bit further off. Either way, thanks for the feedback!