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Android Build a Self-Destructing Message Android App Sending Messages Sending the Message

john appleby
john appleby
2,773 Points
Posted by john appleby
john appleby
2,773 Points

declare a String variable and store the value from the mDescriptionField

hey Ben, im a little bit stuck here .... in my understanding this is how you declare a string and add a value to it.... where am I going wrong ?

// Some code omitted!

public void save() {
  ParseObject task = new ParseObject("Task");
  String description = getText(mDescriptionField);
}

}

thanks for any pointers

3 Answers

Jonathan McCottry
Jonathan McCottry
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Jonathan McCottry
Jonathan McCottry
6,606 Points

I hope Ben doesn't mine here...Without giving you the answer, you have to get the value from an "EditText" field and then use additional properties to associate it with a string. I hope this helps.

If you are still stuck google "get value from edittext"

Ben Rubin
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Ben Rubin
Courses Plus Student 14,658 Points
Ben Rubin
Ben Rubin
Courses Plus Student 14,658 Points

getText() is a method of the EditText class (which mDescriptionField is an object of). So you need to call getText() like this

String description = mDescriptionField.getText().toString();

You have to call toString() because getText() returns an Editable object, so you have to convert that to a string if you want to store it in a string variable.

john appleby
john appleby
2,773 Points
john appleby
john appleby
2,773 Points

Thanks Ben & Jonathan, now I understand, its just a bit confusing but Ive wrapped my head round that concept now and had a look at some google examples. thanks again for helping me over this wall made of .String