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

Posted by andrejtu7
andrejtu7
6,649 Points

I dont now what is wrong in my code I always get this error!? Can someone help me? Thanks

JavaTester.java:79: error: variable petName might not have been initialized if (petName.equalsIgnoreCase("ROVER")) { ^

andrejtu7
andrejtu7
6,649 Points 
EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField);
String petName;petNameField.getText().toString();

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi there,

Can you post the whole code please?

The error is saying that the variable petName has not been initialized. The code you have posted confirms that - there is nothing assigning a value to the variable. Should the second line you have posted be:

String petName = petNameField.getText().toString();

Using that, the value of the petNameField EditText is assigned to the variable.

I hope that helps - if not, shout back and I'll look into it further.

Steve.

Farouk Charkas
Farouk Charkas
1,957 Points
Farouk Charkas
Farouk Charkas
1,957 Points

Steve Hunter is correct, just supporting.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

That might have been me, Farouk. I wasn't paying attention when I clicked through to edit my answer and I think I might have inadvertently deleted either a comment or another answer. Apologies if I did - I'll have to pay more attention rather than trying to do a million things at once.

Apologies!

Steve.

Farouk Charkas
Farouk Charkas
1,957 Points
Farouk Charkas
Farouk Charkas
1,957 Points

No problem, you had the right answer, @andrejtu7 got the problem solved so after all it does not.