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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Basic Android Programming Accessing Views in Code

Posted by w h
w h
1,723 Points

TextView problem

My Android Studio separates fact and textView into two different words. My code is the following...

TextView factLabel = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.fact textView);

The error is cannot resolve symbol fact.

3 Answers

Greg Schmidt
Greg Schmidt
5,908 Points
Greg Schmidt
Greg Schmidt
5,908 Points

The added "textView" in the resource id is confusing the system. It is not needed. I believe it should be:

TextView factLabel = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.fact);

w h
w h
1,723 Points
w h
w h
1,723 Points

I still get a following error that says cannot resolve fact. Am I doing something wrong in the previous steps?

Greg Schmidt
Greg Schmidt
5,908 Points
Greg Schmidt
Greg Schmidt
5,908 Points

From what I can tell you are working on the Build a Simple Android App, Basic Programming, Initializing a button challenge. In that challenge they want you to initialize a button similar to the TextView example they have already provided. They already declare showFactButton as a Button. All you need to do is to point it to the Button view. The answer is below.

    Button showFactButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.showFactButton);