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Amanda Sullivan Shebang
5,988 PointsError: cannot find symbol variable showFactButton, and greyed out imports1
Soo trying to run the Fun Fact app. The shoFactButton is highlighted red and says "cannot resolve symbol 'showFactButton'". Above in the imports "import android.content.DialogInterface;" is greyed out and says "unused import statement" Any Ideas on how to get 'showFactButton' working?
Amanda Sullivan Shebang
5,988 PointsSure here it is
package Project.funfacts;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.util.Random;
public class FunFactActivity extends Activity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_fun_fact);
//Declare our View Variable
final TextView factLabel = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.factTextView);
Button showFactButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.showFactButton);
View.OnClickListener listener = new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
String[] facts = {
"1",
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5",
};
//the button was clicked, so update the fact label with a new fact
String fact = "";
//Randomly select a fact
Random randomGenerator = new Random(); //Construct a new Random number Generator
int randomNumber = randomGenerator.nextInt(facts.length);
fact=facts[randomNumber];
//Update the label with our dynamic fact
factLabel.setText(fact);
}
};
showFactButton.setOnClickListener(listener);
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.fun_fact, menu);
return true;
}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
Annnd XML
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".FunFactActivity"
android:background="#ff5cff68">
<TextView
android:text="Did you know?"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/textView2"
android:textSize="24sp"
android:textColor="#80ffffff" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text='"Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning."'
android:id="@+id/factTextView"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:textSize="24sp"
android:textColor="#ffffffff" />
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Show Another Fun Fact"
android:id="@+id/ShowFactButton"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:background="#fffff5fa" />
</RelativeLayout>
1 Answer
Daniel Hartin
18,106 PointsOkay it's just a typo I think!
In the line Button showFactButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.showFactButton);
in your on create method you have used a lowercase s however the XML file has the id as android:id="@+id/ShowFactButton" with a capital S.
Simply change the capital S to a lowercase s in the XML file, save the changes then hopefully the error will disappear.
To get rid of unused imports you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+O in Eclipse, not sure with Android studio as i've not used it all that much myself yet but did a quick search on google and found the following question in stack overflow which seems to suggest that the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+O is available also in android studio..
Hope this helps Daniel
Amanda Sullivan Shebang
5,988 PointsThat kicked it right, and its working now thanks:)
Daniel Hartin
18,106 PointsDaniel Hartin
18,106 PointsCan you post your code please, it may be helpful to have the java and the XML. Would be happy to help