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

Posted by Yvett Chahwanda
Yvett Chahwanda
5,302 Points

How to Set the petName variable to the value from the EditText

EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField); String petName;

CodeChallenge.java 
EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField);
String petName;
Yvett Chahwanda
Yvett Chahwanda
5,302 Points

thank you have been doing that but was using small letters for Name on petNamefield

Ben Junya
Ben Junya
12,365 Points
Ben Junya
Ben Junya
12,365 Points

It happens! Before asking questions, make sure the obvious mistakes like typos and misspellings are taken care of. Go over each line with a fine toothed comb, and if it helps, verbalize it and say out loud what each line of code is doing. I can't tell you how many times I've been frustrated by simple misspellings and capitalizations.

You're on your way man! Good luck!

1 Answer

Ben Junya
Ben Junya
12,365 Points
Ben Junya
Ben Junya
12,365 Points

This is an easy one.

EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField);
String petName = petNameField.getText().toString();

The getText() method returns an 'Editable' object, so you need to turn it into a string with toString().

Have fun!