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Thale van der Sluijs
1,756 PointsI don't get it...
I don't know what to do at this task. I have tried some things but it didn't work
2 Answers

Grigorij Schleifer
10,364 PointsHi there,
you can use the TextView to get the input and assign it to the String variable.
The code could look like this:
String petName = petNameField.getText().toString();
// use the TextView variable to call the getText() method
// getText() method will return the text that was typed into the TextView
// convert this text into a String using toString() method
Makes sense?
Grigorij

Thale van der Sluijs
1,756 PointsThanks it really helped

Grigorij Schleifer
10,364 PointsHey Thale,
glad I could help :)
See you in the forum ..
G