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6,417 PointsStage 5: refactoring. When I run app on emulator I get first fact then when I keep clicking button nothing comes up.
FactBook.java
import java.util.Random;
/**
* Created by Hamish on 2/09/2014.
*/
public class FactBook {
// Member variable (properties about the object)
public String[] mFacts = {
"Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.",
"Ostriches can run faster than horses.",
"Olympic gold medals are actually made mostly of silver.",
"You are born with 300 bones; by the time you are an adult you will have 206.",
"It takes about 8 minutes for light from the Sun to reach Earth.",
"Some bamboo plants can grow almost a meter in just one day.",
"The state of Florida is bigger than England.",
"Some penguins can leap 2-3 meters out of the water.",
"On average, it takes 66 days to form a new habit.",
"Mammoths still walked the earth when the Great Pyramid was being built."};
// Method (abilities: things the object can do)
public String getFact() {
String fact = "";
// Randomly select a fact
Random randomGenerator = new Random(); // Construct a new Random number generator
int randomNumber = randomGenerator.nextInt(mFacts.length);
fact = mFacts[randomNumber];
return fact;
}
}
FunFactsActivity.java
package com.example.hamish.funfacts;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.util.Random;
public class FunFactsActivity extends Activity {
private FactBook mFactBook = new FactBook();
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_fun_facts);
// Declare our View variables and assign them the Views from the layout file
final TextView factLabel = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.factTextView);
Button showFactButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.showFactButton);
View.OnClickListener listener = new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view){
String fact = mFactBook.getFact();
// Update the label with our dynamic fact
factLabel.setText(fact);
}
};
showFactButton.setOnClickListener(listener);
}
}