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Start your free trialDavid Bogdanov
1,120 PointsNo_fact_is_showing_up
here_is_my_code: package david.funfacts;
import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton; import android.support.design.widget.Snackbar; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar; import android.view.View; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.TextView;
import java.util.Random;
public class FunFactsActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_fun_facts);
//declare our view variables and assing them the vievs from the layout file.
final TextView factLabel = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.factLabel);
Button showFactButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.showFactButton);
View.OnClickListener listener = new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// the button was clicked, so update the fact to show something new
factLabel.setText("");
} // end of onClick()
}; // end of View.OnClickListener
showFactButton.setOnClickListener(listener);
}
} i_can't_see_any_fact_when_i_press_the_button
package david.funfacts;
import java.util.Random;
/**
-
Created by david on 07-04-2016. */ public class FactBook {
public String getFact() { String[] facts = { "Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.", "Ostriches can run faster than horses.", "Olympic gold medals are actually made mostly of silver (about 90%).", "You are born with 300 bones; by the time you are an adult you will have 206.", "It takes about 8 minutes for light from the Sun to reach Earth.", "Some bamboo plants can grow almost a meter in just one day.", "The state of Florida is bigger than England.", "Some penguins can leap 2-3 meters out of the water.", "On average, it takes 66 days to form a new habit.", "Mammoths still walked the earth when the Great Pyramid was being built." };
String fact = ""; //randomly sellect a fact Random randomGenerator = new Random(); //construct a new random number generator int randomNumber = randomGenerator.nextInt(facts.length); fact = facts[randomNumber]; return fact;
}
}
1 Answer
anil rahman
7,786 Points@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// the button was clicked, so update the fact to show something new
factLabel.setText("");
} // end of onClick()
In the on click method you are saying you want to see anew fact, but if you notice in the .setText() its et to empty string as in show nothing, those "" need to be changed to the getFact Method.