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Basel Kanaan
4,458 Pointshi i have a problem with the following code
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
//assign the view from the layout file to the corresponding variables
factTextView = findViewById(R.id.textView) ;
}
i cant run the code as the video mentioned (R.id.factTextView) ,,, aslo i didnt understand some stuff in this video for example using the "R" class, ik it from java course but idk should i go and continue java intermediate level(to understand more coding) or continue with android
6 Answers
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHi Basel,
What have you called your TextView object in the layout file, the xml piece? What is its ID?
Steve.
Basel Kanaan
4,458 Pointshi, here is the XML code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#51b46d"
tools:context=".FunFactsActivity"
android:padding="70dp">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Did You Know?"
android:textColor="#E4186318"
android:textSize="24sp" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView6"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="This is a test application to know what type of programmer is me"
android:textColorLink="@android:color/background_light"
android:textSize="24sp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="2dp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="296dp" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/button"
android:layout_width="518dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:text="Show another Fun Fact"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="500dp" />
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Barrier
android:id="@+id/barrier"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:barrierDirection="left" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
also im having a probelm to run it on my smartphone it says
Error while executing: am start -n "com.example.funfacts/com.example.funfacts.MainActivity" -a android.intent.action.MAIN -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] cmp=com.example.funfacts/.MainActivity }
Error type 3
Error: Activity class {com.example.funfacts/com.example.funfacts.MainActivity} does not exist.
Error while Launching activity
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsCan you post the content of the LogCat to show the error when you launch the application, please? That will show the exact cause that the application won't run.
Steve.
Basel Kanaan
4,458 Pointsyes this is the error on the catlog
2020-03-05 23:44:43.584 16619-16619/? E/libtrusty: tipc_connect: cannot open tipc device "/dev/trusty-ipc-dev0": No such file or directory 2020-03-05 23:44:43.584 16619-16619/? E/storageproxyd: failed (-2) to connect to storage server
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHmmm ... not sure about that. What happens when you run the app? Does the emulator show anything or does it just stop with an error message?
In Logcat, You'll have to scroll back until you find something like FATAL EXCEPTION followed by lots of lines of red text. The rest of the log is just looking at everything that is going on in the emulator or on the device. The message you have posted looks unrelated to your application.
Basel Kanaan
4,458 Pointshi so i rewrite the application again and had same issue, ithink this might help
--------- beginning of crash
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.bestanimequote, PID: 4940
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.bestanimequote/com.example.bestanimequote.MainActivity}: java.lang.ClassCastException: androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout cannot be cast to android.widget.RelativeLayout
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3344)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3488)
at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:83)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2049)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:216)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7506)
at java.lang.re
I/Process: Sending signal. PID: 4940 SIG: 9
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsYour app is trying to cast a ConstraintLayout to a RelativeLayout for whatever reason. Might be qorth downloading the project files and copying over the XML.