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Android Build a Self-Destructing Message Android App Adding Users Using Parse.com Error Messages with Dialogs

jenyufu
jenyufu
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Posted by jenyufu
jenyufu
3,311 Points

mSignUpButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.signupButton); has a red line underneath and error

error: incompatible types: Button cannot be converted to EditText

Don't know what I did wrong, I copied the stuff same as on the video?

1 Answer

jenyufu
jenyufu
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jenyufu
jenyufu
3,311 Points

Never mind, figured it out: I needed to initialize button.

I copied and pasted

protected EditText mSignUpButton;

and forgot to change EditText to Button, like this:

protected Button mSignUpButton;