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Question

I specified the return type for the method as void. Why am I still getting an error?

MainActivity.java

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    public static final String TAG = MainActivity.class.getSimpleName();

    public Button mButton1;
    public Button mButton2;

    /*
     * Some code has been omitted for brevity
     */

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

        mButton1 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
        mButton2 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button2);

        mButton1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            trackButtonPress(View view);
        });

        mButton2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
             trackButtonPress(View view);
        });

      public void trackButtonPress(View view) {
                Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "A button was pressed", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                Log.i(TAG, "A button was pressed");
            }

    }
}

Answer 1 · 2015-02-26T02:02:26Z

February 26, 2015 2:02am

Take away the parameter. Like this;

public void trackButtonPress() {
       Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "A button was pressed", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
       Log.i(TAG, "A button was pressed");
}

And when you call the method in the buttons also.

trackButtonPress();

Then you're good to go.

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