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Android Build a Self-Destructing Message Android App Adding Users Using Parse.com Creating a New User on Parse

Derrick Shepherd
Derrick Shepherd
4,861 Points
Posted by Derrick Shepherd
Derrick Shepherd
4,861 Points

I Keep Getting An error but don't know why...

Here's The Assignment: In the signUp() method, create a new ParseUser variable named newUser and initialize with its constructor. Set the username and password properties using the method parameters and appropriate methods.

Here's The Code With My Answer At The Bottom:

public class SignUpActivity extends Activity {

​

public static final String TAG = SignUpActivity.class.getSimpleName();

​

protected SignUpCallback mSignUpCallback = new SignUpCallback() {

    @Override

    public void done(ParseException e) {



    }

};

​

// onCreate() and other code has been omitted

​

protected void signUp(String username, String password) {

  //My Answer Below

  ParseUser newUser = new ParseUser();

   newUser.setUserName(username);

  newUser.setPassword(password);

}

}

3 Answers

Derrick Shepherd
Derrick Shepherd
4,861 Points
Derrick Shepherd
Derrick Shepherd
4,861 Points

Thanks for responding Gergo, I figured out the problem after I posted this, I had the "N" capitalized in "setUserName" , it was supposed to be "setUsername".

Gergő Bogdán
Gergő Bogdán
6,664 Points
Gergő Bogdán
Gergő Bogdán
6,664 Points

What is the error message?

james white
james white
78,399 Points
james white
james white
78,399 Points

For Gergo,

The error message the challenge generates for "N" capitalized in "setUserName" (instead of "setUsername"), is as follows:

/*

./SignUpActivity.java:24: error: cannot find symbol
      newUser.setUserName(username);
             ^
  symbol:   method setUserName(String)
  location: variable newUser of type ParseUser
1 error

*/

I hate the fact that these parser errors rarely place the caret in the right part of the line (underneath the character that is at issue).

Oh..and here is the link to the challenge: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/creating-a-new-user-on-parse

Gergő Bogdán
Gergő Bogdán
6,664 Points
Gergő Bogdán
Gergő Bogdán
6,664 Points

Hi,

The issue is, that the ParseUser class does NOT have a method setUserName, most probably it has setUsername. Notice the small n in Username.