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Android Build a Self-Destructing Message Android App Adding Users Using Parse.com Creating a New User on Parse

Posted by Robert Smith
Robert Smith
1,660 Points

Code challenge step 3

I'm getting an error on my Log.e() statement: ./SignUpActivity.java:15: cannot find symbol symbol : method e(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,com.parse.ParseException) location: class android.util.Log Log.e(TAG,"ERROR",e); ^ 1 error

Am I missing something? I'm coding... Log.e(TAG,"ERROR",e);

2 Answers

John W
John W
21,558 Points
John W
John W
21,558 Points

For some reason the method signature Log.e(String,String,Throwable) is not available. Simply omit the last parameter to proceed.

Steve Wamsley
Steve Wamsley
7,977 Points
Steve Wamsley
Steve Wamsley
7,977 Points

That got me past the code challenge, but I think the real problem is that ParseException is not extending Exception. I tried the following:

Log.e(TAG, "ERROR", (Exception) e);

That created a type cast error.

Log.e(TAG, "ERROR", new Exception(e.getMessage()));

That caused an error saying ParseException does not have a getMessage() method.