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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Adapting Data for Display in a List Handling Errors Using Dialogs

Axel McCode
Axel McCode
13,869 Points
Posted by Axel McCode
Axel McCode
13,869 Points

[Solved]Handling Errors Using Dialogs Challenge Task 3 of 4 Help

I am stuck on this code challenge, I keep getting the same error in the editor and I do not know why, I have used the same code in my app project and it works perfectly.

Here is the error I get

JavaTester.java:85: error: method setTitle in class Builder cannot be applied to given types;
builder.setTitle(R.string.dialog_title);
       ^
  required: String
  found: int
  reason: actual argument int cannot be converted to String by method invocation conversion
JavaTester.java:86: error: method setMessage in class Builder cannot be applied to given types;
builder.setMessage(R.string.dialog_message);
       ^
  required: String
  found: int
  reason: actual argument int cannot be converted to String by method invocation conversion
2 errors
CodeChallenge.java 
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);

builder.setTitle(R.string.dialog_title);
builder.setMessage(R.string.dialog_message);
strings.xml 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
  <string name="dialog_title">error</string>
  <string name="dialog_message">error</string>
</resources>
Axel McCode
Axel McCode
13,869 Points
Axel McCode
Axel McCode
13,869 Points

Found the problem with my code :) I had to use getString() to get the string resource, like so:

builder.setTitle(getString(R.string.dialog_title));
builder.setMessage(getString(R.string.dialog_message));