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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Improving Our Code Creating a Class

Posted by Alex Roach
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Alex Roach
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 5,499 Points

String member variable

Challenge: "Now add a String member variable named mTitle. Make it public."

public String mTitle() { }

Could anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

7 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

it looks like you created a method, not a variable. (methods have () { } after them while variables do not). you can declare a public member variable like so:

public class SomeClass {

    public dataType mVariableName;

}

you just need to declare the string variable named mTitle 

public class PictureBook {

    public String mTitle;
}
Oğuzhan İNCE
Oğuzhan İNCE
364 Points

thanks

Jimmy Ma
Jimmy Ma
5,796 Points
Jimmy Ma
Jimmy Ma
5,796 Points

For the Updated 2017 course:

public class PictureBook { public String title;}

This took me a little while to figure out.

luke moloney
luke moloney
2,347 Points
luke moloney
luke moloney
2,347 Points

Thx for the heads up Jimmy Ma!!

kwame Gyesi
kwame Gyesi
900 Points
kwame Gyesi
kwame Gyesi
900 Points

thanks too

kwame Gyesi
kwame Gyesi
900 Points
kwame Gyesi
kwame Gyesi
900 Points

thanks too

Shuvam Roy
Shuvam Roy
656 Points
Shuvam Roy
Shuvam Roy
656 Points

Thanks.

MUZ141032 Yusuf Phiri
MUZ141032 Yusuf Phiri
4,033 Points
MUZ141032 Yusuf Phiri
MUZ141032 Yusuf Phiri
4,033 Points

public class PictureBook { public String mTitle;}