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Android Build a Simple Android App (retired 2014) Getting Started with Android Adding an OnClickListener to a Button

Posted by John Lawrence Salvador
John Lawrence Salvador
418 Points

"final" modifier

Why do we need again to add "final" on the TextView? I don't quite get it.

1 Answer

Reuben Goulart
Reuben Goulart
11,073 Points
Reuben Goulart
Reuben Goulart
11,073 Points

I my be wrong, but I think its to state that the variable is not going to change and nothing in the app can change it.