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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) Intents and Multiple Activities Getting Data from an Intent

Narain Ramjieawan
Narain Ramjieawan
639 Points
Posted by Narain Ramjieawan
Narain Ramjieawan
639 Points

Stuck on Intent question

I am suck on this part where I have to declare an intent and get the intent that started the activity. No matter what I try I keep getting syntax errors. This is what I wrote in the editor:

I guess I am not fully understanding what is being asked of me in the question. Any help would be appreciated.

FlightActivity.java 
import android.os.Bundle;

public class FlightActivity extends Activity {

  public int mFuelLevel = 0;

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_flight);

    // Add your code below!
Intent intent = getIntent();
String name = intent.getStringExtra("FUEL_LEVEL");  

  }
}

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

It's asking you to retrieve the fuel level from the intent which is an int in this case, not a String. Because it's stored as an int in the Intent, you'll need to use a different method than you would a String (getIntExtra).

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
48,988 Points

i dont get it whats wrong ?

public class FlightActivity extends Activity {

  public int mFuelLevel = 0;

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_flight);

    // Add your code below!
    Intent intent = getIntent();
    int mFuelLevel = intent.IntExtra("FUEL_LEVEL",  -1);

  }
}
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Unsubscribed User
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48,988 Points

oh its getIntExtra dang... thanks for helping