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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) User Input Getting Text from an EditText

Posted by ahmed alghafli
ahmed alghafli
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The code below sets an EditText variable from the layout of an Activity. Set the petName variable to the value from this

The code below sets an EditText variable from the layout of an Activity. Set the petName variable to the value from this EditText.

what should I do for this question ?? I did not understand it !!1

CodeChallenge.java 
EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField);
String petName ;
petNameField = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.petNameEidtText);

2 Answers

Rebecca Rich
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Rebecca Rich
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Rebecca Rich
Rebecca Rich
Courses Plus Student 8,592 Points

I think you might just want something like:

EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField);
String petName  = petNameField.getText().toString();

The petNameField holds the EditText field that you are interested in. Calling .getText().toString() on an EditText object will return the text in that field which you can then store as a String, petName.

ahmed alghafli
ahmed alghafli
3,446 Points

Thanks a lot

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

Thank you Rebecca Rich. you are awesome.

Jamal Shiekh
Jamal Shiekh
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Jamal Shiekh
Jamal Shiekh
6,440 Points

Just copy and past!

EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField); String petName = petNameField.getText().toString();