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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Improving Our Code Creating a Class

Posted by Braeden Adams
Braeden Adams
687 Points

Dont understand why its returning a syntax error

Can someone tel me what im doing wrong with this code?

PictureBook.java 
public class PictureBook{
public String mTitle {}
}

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

When you're making a member variable, and not a function you need to end the statement with a semi-colon, ";", not the curly braces.

public String mTitle;