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Android Implementing Designs for Android Customizing a ListView for the Inbox Adding a Swipe-to-Refresh Gesture

Posted by Jery Althaf
Jery Althaf
5,818 Points

Swiperefreshlayout challenge. Task2

mRefreshLayout=(SwipeRefreshLayout)rootView.findViewById(R.id.refreshLayout);

shows compile error.

"/MainActivity.java:12: error: cannot find symbol mRefreshLayout=(SwipeRefreshLayout)rootView.findViewById(R.id.refreshLayout); ^ symbol: class mRefreshLayout location: class MainActivity ./MainActivity.java:12: error: cannot find symbol mRefreshLayout=(SwipeRefreshLayout)rootView.findViewById(R.id.refreshLayout); ^ symbol: variable rootView location: class MainActivity 3 errors"

1 Answer

Jesse Gravenor
Jesse Gravenor
27,272 Points
Jesse Gravenor
Jesse Gravenor
27,272 Points

Chaining the rootView is not necessary in this case because this is being done in the onCreate method of an Activity, as opposed to the onCreateView of a Fragment, as in the video exersize. Ben hints at this in the video at about 5:12.