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Nathan Pickard
10,950 PointsCompiler error for Toast challenge
The instructions read:
"Set the Toast variable using the static makeText() method of the Toast class. Use the this keyword for the first parameter, the text "All done!" for the second parameter, and the constant Toast.LENGTH_LONG for the third parameter."
I don't understand why my code is getting a compiler error here. I tried switching components around, but no luck in understanding what the code is actually doing.
Toast allDoneToast;
allDoneToast.makeText(this, "All done!", allDoneToast.LENGTH_LONG);
2 Answers
Nathan Pickard
10,950 PointsOk, it seems the compiler for this challenge may be bugged for me, not sure. Anyway, here is what my code looks like:
Toast allDoneToast;
allDoneToast.makeText(this, "Yay! Our Activity was created!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
And here is what the error is saying:
"JavaTester.java:47: error: variable allDoneToast might not have been initialized
allDoneToast.makeText(this, "Yay! Our Activity was created!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
^
1 error
It's my understanding that the "allDoneToast" variable was already initialized. What gives?
adamabdulghani
7,864 PointsmakeText is a static method of Toast.
Toast.makeText(this,"All done!",Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
Assign this to allDoneToast.
Hope this helps. :)
Nathan Pickard
10,950 PointsThat did the job Adam! It said it wasn't initialized, so that did the job, thanks!
adamabdulghani
7,864 Pointsadamabdulghani
7,864 PointsTry using Toast.LENGTH_LONG instead of allDoneToast.LENGTH_LONG, because that is what they said in the question. Your way works perfectly fine, but this isn't a real compiler :-P just a simulation so it might be buggy.