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Sante Kotturi
7,434 PointsError in Teacher's Notes on Adding More Colors
Not sure if this is where we report issues but just thought I should let you know that the code to copy and paste in the teacher's notes containing the array of colors has an error.
It's missing the [] to initialize the array. Instead of public String mColors = {...} it should be: public String[] mColors = {...} the correct version is showed in the video but not in the notes. Just FYI Cheers, Sante
2 Answers
Harry James
14,780 PointsYes, I've seen this issue around the forums a few times now. It's nothing major and is pretty well explained in Android Studio but it should be fixed soon :)
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherFixed the notes! Thanks for the heads up, and sorry about that!
Sante Kotturi
7,434 PointsNo prob, thanks for the quick fix!
Sante Kotturi
7,434 PointsSante Kotturi
7,434 PointsThe error Android Studio produced, "Array Initializer is not allowed here", wasn't a great explanation IMO for what the problem was. It suggests the array initializer statement is ok, but the placement of the code in the class & method is wrong, which is definitely not the problem. Made me think I'd declared my member variable in the wrong place, perhaps I had messed up my curly braces and I was actually declaring it inside my method, not my class.
A more helpful error message would have been, "Array initializer missing []" but that's feedback for AStudio, not Treehouse :P
I think it would throw off someone who was just starting out pretty solidly though. It is the first android project after all.
Harry James
14,780 PointsHarry James
14,780 PointsHello,
I actually use Eclipse for development personally and only assumed that the message would be similar. I do see what you mean about the error message here and it may confuse some users (Especially as though this is a Beginner project).
Eclipse actually offers an extremely helpful error message and even offers a quick fix in this situation. I took a look in Android Studio and saw the same message as you and no quick fix which, is quite upsetting.