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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) Intents and Multiple Activities Adding a Second Activity

hakan Gülay
hakan Gülay
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Posted by hakan Gülay
hakan Gülay
8,489 Points

Couldnt understand what this code is doing

public static final String TAG = StoryActivity.class.getSimpleName();

1 Answer

Ryan Chatterton
Ryan Chatterton
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Ryan Chatterton
Ryan Chatterton
5,914 Points

it is used in the onCreate method. It is used to create a log of type debug, for you to debug your code. 

Log.d(TAG, mName);

getSimpleName();

Strips down the package name. So you will get out StoryActivity

System.out.println("Name-->"+StoryActivity.class.getName());
System.out.println("SimpleName-->"+ShapeDemo.class.getSimpleName());

Name-->com.test.StoryActivity
SimpleName-->StoryActivity