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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Improving Our Code Creating a Class

Posted by MUZ140891 Stuart Moyo
MUZ140891 Stuart Moyo
680 Points

How do I declare the public String variable mTitle, apparently ma messing up the code

I declare the class PictureBook, no problem... the next step in the challenge is messing with my head. This is the 5th syntax I have tried

PictureBook.java 
public class PictureBook{
  public String mTitle("");
}

2 Answers

Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points
Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points

You're super close! It should be like this:

public class PictureBook{
  public String mTitle = "";
}

When you declare a variable, you want to set it equal to something. Right now you are declaring a variable named mTitle("").

MUZ140891 Stuart Moyo
MUZ140891 Stuart Moyo
680 Points

thanks

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points

public String mTitle;

(You're just declaring it, so it doesn't need a value yet. Just a type and a name.)

MUZ140891 Stuart Moyo
MUZ140891 Stuart Moyo
680 Points

that didnt work before... will give it another shot