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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Getting Data from the Web Getting JSON Data from an HTTP Request

Greg Hesp
Greg Hesp
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Posted by Greg Hesp
Greg Hesp
1,808 Points

Is there an issue with the challenge?

I have this running on my device successfully and working, however using the same code with adjusted variables for the challenge does not seem to work. The error given is:

JavaTester.java:74: responseData is already defined in run() String responseData = new String(charArray); ^ 1 error

Unfortunately, I do not have a line 74 and run isn't defined in my code, so I can only assume this is something in the background?

1 Answer

Mark Josephsen
Mark Josephsen
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Mark Josephsen
Mark Josephsen
8,803 Points

If responseData is already defined, it means you have already created a String object with that name. Strings are immutable, meaning you can't change them once you've defined them. So, instead of changing the existing String object, you'll need to create a new String object with the same name:

responseData = new String(charArray);