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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Improving Our Code Creating a Class

Posted by J Meacham
J Meacham
932 Points

I'm on Creating a Class. Where is my error in: public class PictureBook { public String mTitle() { } }

the first line passed the challenge. It's the second one that I'm stumbling on.

3 Answers

J Meacham
J Meacham
932 Points

Luke, I figured it out! Substituted the second { for a semi-colon and I'm off...

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,563 Points
Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,563 Points

Hi!

Your code looks awesome apart from one little thing. Would you usually put a set of parentheses after a variable declaration? Maybe take a look at that and don't forget to add your semi-colon!

I hope that I managed to help you out and don't hesitate to let me know if you are having any further problems with it!

-Luke

J Meacham
J Meacham
932 Points

Thanks Luke. The set of parentheses were part of the initial instructions, without explanation. So I guess the answer here is "Yes"? I thought adding the semi-colon would then be a simple fix, but I'm still stuck even after this change (and multiple other tries, including elimination of the ()):

public class PictureBook {

public String mTitle() {

}; }

J Meacham
J Meacham
932 Points

P.S. The only error I'm getting with the code below is:

./PictureBook.java:3: error: ';' expected public String mTitle { ^ 1 error

J Meacham
J Meacham
932 Points
J Meacham
J Meacham
932 Points

CHANGED CODE:

public class PictureBook {

public String mTitle {

}; }

If I place the () back into the code, I get this error:

./PictureBook.java:5: error: missing return statement }; ^ 1 error

Aarg. Any ideas Luke?

Joshua marais
Joshua marais
2,955 Points
Joshua marais
Joshua marais
2,955 Points

Hello tri putting a ; at the end of mTitle.