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2,867 PointsfactTextView is in red and I dont know why?
I didnt have the factTextView visible when I wrote 'R.id.', it never showed that. When I wrote it anyway, its now permanently stuck in red. Can someone help me with this?
TextView factLabel = findViewById(R.id.factTextView);
only 'factTextView' is in red. :( Help!
1 Answer

Oscar Hernandez
1,618 PointsFirst, try to go back to your XML file and make sure that your textview has the same id name. Also, there seems to be a mistake on your code.
try this
factLabel = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.factTextView);
Lastly, make sure its a TextView not something else, for instance, an EditText.
matthew williamson
505 Pointsmatthew williamson
505 PointsTry clicking on the line of code and press alt + enter on your keyboard, then press enter on - cast to "android.widget.textview".
It should look something like this:
"TextView factLabel = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.factTextView);"