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Blessing Chiwaura
18,037 Pointsplease help with this code challenge in android Threads
cant see how to go about it
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
Button button;
TwitterClient twitterClient = new TwitterClient();
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
final TwitterThread twitterThread = new TwitterThread();
twitterThread.setName("TwitterThread");
twitterThread.start();
button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.update_button);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v){
}
});
}
class TwitterThread extends Thread {
public TwitterThreadHandler mHandler;
@Override
public void run() {
Looper.prepare();
mHandler = new TwitterThreadHandler();
Looper.loop();
// twitterClient.update();
}
}
class TwitterThreadHandler extends Handler {
@Override
public void handleMessage ();
twitterClient.update();
}
}
1 Answer
Seth Kroger
56,413 PointsOn the handleMessage() method you put a semi-colon instead of curly braces {} for the method body. It will also need a Message parameter to match the method you're overriding.
@Override
public void handleMessage (Message msg) {
twitterClient.update();
}