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Android

Posted by Kenneth Phillips
Kenneth Phillips
Courses Plus Student 10,188 Points

DropDown menu failure

So I have an app where I have a contact form. One of the options is to choose a dropdown menu to choose a value that will show which business service we will provide. I want to then put this as a string in the message of an email. The app works perfect before I put the spinner dropdown menu in. Here is my code:

public class ContactActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private Button sendButton;
Spinner spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.contactFormSpinner);

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_contact);
    sendButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.sendButton);

    sendButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            sendEmail();
        }
    });
}



    private void sendEmail() {
        String name = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.nameForm)).getText().toString();
        String number = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.phoneForm)).getText().toString();
        String entry = spinner.getSelectedItem().toString();
        String address = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.addressForm)).getText().toString();
        String txtMessage = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtMessage)).getText().toString();
        Intent mail = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        mail.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"generalnick300@gmail.com"});
        mail.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, name);
        mail.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,
                "Area:"+entry+'\n'+"Phone Number:"+number+'\n'+"Address:"+address+'\n'+"Message:"+txtMessage);
        mail.setType("message/rfc822");
        startActivity(mail);
    }

}
Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher

What error are you getting?

1 Answer

Kenneth Phillips
PLUS
Kenneth Phillips
Courses Plus Student 10,188 Points
Kenneth Phillips
Kenneth Phillips
Courses Plus Student 10,188 Points

The app crashes in general. Before I implement the spinner it does not

Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher

When an app crashes, the error that caused the crash is recorded in the Logcat. Is there an error being logged there?