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Android Build a Self-Destructing Message Android App Adding Users Using Parse.com Creating an Account and App on Parse.com

Posted by Petras Brinko
Petras Brinko
1,850 Points

The type bolts

package com.teamtreehouse.ribbit;

import android.app.Application;

import com.parse.Parse;
import com.parse.ParseObject;

public class RibbitApplication extends Application {

    @Override
    public void onCreate() { 
        super.onCreate();
        Parse.initialize(this, "dbrOyEHgX2GR3EPTIblrNNAd4ITXarc82shcXdlu", "6iyrGf1I8pXKRGlxMuL4NQQ4doZLrR5btJ2ZlvII");

        ParseObject testObject = new ParseObject("TestObject");
        testObject.put("foo", "bar");
        testObject.saveInBackground();
    }
}

I got an error on testObject.saveInBackground(); saying "The method saveInBackground() from the type ParseObject refers to the missing type Task"

Any help?

Bradley St John Jones
Bradley St John Jones
2,286 Points
Bradley St John Jones
Bradley St John Jones
2,286 Points

I think I'm having the same problem.

I get:

error: cannot access Task testObject.saveInBackground(); ^ class file for bolts.Task not found Note: C:\Users\Brad\AndroidStudioProjects\Ribbit\app\src\main\java\bigplans\ribbit\MainActivity.java uses or overrides a deprecated API. Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details. 1 error

FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

  • What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJava'.

    Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

  • Try: Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance

2 Answers

Jarvis Prestidge
Jarvis Prestidge
1,940 Points
Jarvis Prestidge
Jarvis Prestidge
1,940 Points

Hi the parse sdk also comes with a bolts jar file that you need to include in the libs folder along side the parse jar file. Hope this helps ^^.

Bradley St John Jones
Bradley St John Jones
2,286 Points
Bradley St John Jones
Bradley St John Jones
2,286 Points

Thanks for your help mate, that worked

James Pamplona
James Pamplona
10,015 Points
James Pamplona
James Pamplona
10,015 Points

I had the same problem. It looks like the Parse library depends on a library called Bolt which is in the same folder with the Parse library downloaded from the Parse.com website.

This is for Android Studio, but it should be similar for Eclipse.

Copy and past the Bolt library from the unzipped folder into the 'libs' folder of your project. You can also just copy and paste the entire unzipped library folder into the 'libs' folder. Right click on the 'Parse-.jar' file and select 'Add as library' or similar if it isn't already added. Do the same for the 'bolts-android-.jar' file. Try to run the project again and everything should work.

Bradley St John Jones
Bradley St John Jones
2,286 Points
Bradley St John Jones
Bradley St John Jones
2,286 Points

Thanks for your help mate, that worked