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chandlerknaus
chandlerknaus
1,635 Points

Strings named 'titles'

I am stuck on Challenge 2/4 For the first challenge I did

String title1 = "Android is awesome"; String title2 = "Mike is cool"; String title3 = "Treehouse loves me";

Now I am stuck on making the strings an array. I am probably for getting something silly but can someone please help me?

What code did you write to make a string array?

Ps. I hope you added the brackets.

David Hope
David Hope
19,876 Points

There are 2 different ways to create a String Array Chandler. When doing so directly in your Java code, add square brackets [] directly after you declare the data type(String) and right before you give the array a name. You will then set it using an = sign and add each String you wish for it to hold inside the curly braces, surrounded by double quotes and separated with a comma, except for the last one.

The second way, which is better for a variety of reasons, is to declare your String array in the strings.xml file using the string-array type, give it an appropriate name, and declare each string(no double quotes) as an item in the array like so <item>String for array here</item> You'll then reference the string array first by creating a String array member variable, give it a name, but no value. Then you will create a new Resources object inside the onCreate method, instantiate it and use the getResources method for its value. On the following line you will then use the member variable you created and set its value with the equals sign to the name you gave your Resources object along with do notation in order to use the getStringArray method. For the getStringArray method you will use R.array and one more dot with the name you gave the string array in the strings.xml file.

I hope this helps and good luck with the rest of this fun project Chandler!

4 Answers

That is because it asks you to Initialize it with the three variables you have created. What you did is technically right, but not what it asks. It asks for this

String[] titles = {title1, title2, title3}; 

Here is an example of how to make a string array.

String[] flowers = {"Cherry blossoms", "Tiger lilies", "Roses"};

I hope my flowery example helped :D

chandlerknaus
chandlerknaus
1,635 Points
String[] titles = {"Android is awesome", "Mike is cool", "Treehouse loves me"};

When I did this I got a compiler error and it didnt work O_o

chandlerknaus
chandlerknaus
1,635 Points

Oooohhhh ok thank you

You are welcome.