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Android Build an Interactive Story App User Input Finding Views by IDs

Posted by Nkosinolwazi Moyo
Nkosinolwazi Moyo
9,588 Points

Please help

I have tried but can't make it, could you please help me with an example

MainActivity.java 
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    protected Button exterminateButton;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // Declare our view variables
  exterminateButton= findViewById (R.id.Button1  ) ;           
    }

}

2 Answers

Lauren Moineau
Lauren Moineau
9,483 Points

Also, remember that letter case is important in Java. The ID you should use is button1 (lowercase)

Yusuf Mohamed
Yusuf Mohamed
2,631 Points
Yusuf Mohamed
Yusuf Mohamed
2,631 Points

So far you did it right, you just forgot to cast the button. Also, try to think about how you use spacing as it makes your code harder to read.