Q 2 of 5 The Activity Lifecycle (Android)

The question is a bit confusing. It took me a few minutes to understand its meaning.

Ok, In the quiz, it's asking you to create a String variable called otherString in the onCreate() method; then it wants you to update the text of aString that indicates if aString is placed before or after otherString in the method. The directions tell us the aString should be placed after otherString.

public void onCreate(...){
.....
//add otherString 

String otherString;

//update the text in aString
aString = "This.... AFTER ... ";
....
}

TEACHER EDIT You don't need to declare the otherString variable as it is already declared and set in the Activity super class. I'll change the wording of the question, though.

Sorry for the confusion everyone! You have to read it carefully to make sense of it, but I think I can definitely enhance the description and will tackle that shortly. This line: "The onCreate() method in Activity sets a variable named 'otherString'." indicates that the otherString variable is part of the Activity super class. As a variable in the super class, it means that it's also available in the subclass that we're working in. otherString gets set in the super class when super.onCreate() is called. Knowing that, you should be able to change UNKNOWN to BEFORE or AFTER by walking through how the code will execute.

Anyhow, thanks for the feedback, and keep on coding!

haha I thought you had to use string concatenation and that the super variable had to be called. I thought that super var had BEFORE or AFTER in it.

I think it would be more straight-forward if the question asked:

Is aString set BEFORE or AFTER the 'otherString' variable (otherString is in the Super Class). Please replace UNKNOWN on line 19 with your answer.

If they get the answer wrong, then you can inform that about how inheritance works. Just a thought.