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Jonthue Michel
1,462 PointsI keep getting errors on both IDEs on this code task from initializing a button
What I've done
Button Showfactbutton = (Button) findViewById(R.Id.showFactbutton);
}
What I get
./FunFactsActivity.java:16: error: ';' expected Button showFactButton Button = (Button) findViewById(R,Id.showFactButton); ^ ./FunFactsActivity.java:16: error: cannot find symbol Button showFactButton Button = (Button) findViewById(R,Id.showFactButton); ^ symbol: variable Button location: class FunFactsActivity ./FunFactsActivity.java:16: error: cannot find symbol Button showFactButton Button = (Button) findViewById(R,Id.showFactButton); ^ symbol: variable R location: class FunFactsActivity ./FunFactsActivity.java:16: error: cannot find symbol Button showFactButton Button = (Button) findViewById(R,Id.showFactButton); ^ symbol: variable Id location: class FunFactsActivity 4 errors
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class FunFactsActivity extends Activity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_fun_facts);
// Declare our View variables and assign them the Views from the layout file
TextView factLabel = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.factTextView);
Button showFactButton Button = (Button) findViewById(R,Id.showFactButton);
}
}
1 Answer

Chris Adamson
132,142 PointsYour pretty close, the button name is camel-case (starting with a lower case s), and the id reference needs to be R.id.showFactButton. Java is case-sensitive:
Button showFactButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.showFactButton);
Jonthue Michel
1,462 PointsJonthue Michel
1,462 PointsThanks. I deeply appreciate it.