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Android

Posted by jaydev
jaydev
837 Points

How do i display a string from Parse.com in a TextView?

Ive been trying to display a string from my Parse.com table "Facts" into a factTextView with no luck. What method can i use to display a string queried from a table? Thanks.

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

can you post your query code?

2 Answers

jaydev
jaydev
837 Points

According to Parse.com, "In the callback from the find query, you should use a loop and iterate through the list. It is a list of ParseObjects, so rather than turning it into a string, you can use the actual objects."

public void done(List<ParseObject> factList, ParseException e) {

                    if (e == null) {
                        for (ParseObject factsObject : factList) {
                            factLabel.setText("" + factsObject.get("Fact"));
                        }
                        Log.d("score", "Retrieved " + factList.size() + " scores");
                    } else {
                        Log.d("score", "Error: " + e.getMessage());
                    }
                }
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

the parse query returns a list (although it probably only contains one object). try setting the label.text to the 0 index of the factList

    factLabel.setText(factsList.get(0));