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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) User Input Getting Text from an EditText

Posted by Malcolm Mutambanengwe
Malcolm Mutambanengwe
4,205 Points

Set the petName variable to the value from this EditText.

Am I leaving something out?

CodeChallenge.java 
EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField);
String petName = new String petNameField();

2 Answers

Hwi Han
Hwi Han
5,008 Points
Hwi Han
Hwi Han
5,008 Points

EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField);

String petName= petNameField.getText().toString();

You need to get a text from editText.

Malcolm Mutambanengwe
Malcolm Mutambanengwe
4,205 Points

Thanks Hwi Han, now I got it ;)

Malcolm Mutambanengwe
Malcolm Mutambanengwe
4,205 Points
Malcolm Mutambanengwe
Malcolm Mutambanengwe
4,205 Points

EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField); String petName = petNameField.getText().toString();