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Android

Posted by Eric Dotson
Eric Dotson
1,933 Points

mStartButton Unknown class error

package com.example.eric.interactivestory;

import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.Menu; I dont know what i done wrong can someone check my code and see my mStartButton gives me a Unknown Class error

import android.view.MenuItem; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.EditText;

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity { private EditText mNameField; private Button mStartButton;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    mNameField= (EditText)findViewById(R.id.nameEditText);
}   mStartButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.StartButton);
Stephen Little
Stephen Little
8,312 Points

Is your start button name StartButton or startButton? just at first glance I'll look up the the code I had in a sec :)

Cheers! Stephen

Stephen Little
Stephen Little
8,312 Points

Here what I have for that block..

 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        mNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.nameEditText);
        mStartButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.startButton);
        mStartButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                String name = mNameField.getText().toString();
                startStory(name);
            }
        });

1 Answer

David Postlethwaite
David Postlethwaite
9,355 Points

Eric, Looks like the statement is outside of the bracket

} mStartButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.StartButton);

try

mStartButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.StartButton); }

Eric Dotson
Eric Dotson
1,933 Points

Thank you David it worked!

David Postlethwaite
David Postlethwaite
9,355 Points

Awesome glad I could help.