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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) User Input Getting Text from an EditText

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kolox folox
Android Development Techdegree Student 358 Points

how i do like video but

how i do like video but

CodeChallenge.java 
EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField);
String petName.editText;
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Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 4,646 Points
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Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 4,646 Points

I'm not 100% sure what you are asking, but I can tell you that the second line will not compile. You can't declare a variable to be a property on an existing object. I recommend reading through the Java course if you are not familiar with Object Oriented Programming.