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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Testing and Debugging Making a Toast

Posted by P ruijters
P ruijters
1,217 Points

Toast question

With following code I get error message to take care that the first argument is "this" ...but it is!!

... Toast allDoneToast= new Toast(); allDoneToast.makeText(this , "All done!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); ...

ToastTest.java 
Toast allDoneToast= new Toast();
allDoneToast.makeText(this , "All done!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

You're nearly there. The makeText is a static class method so you don't call it on the instance:

Toast allDoneToast = Toast.makeText(this, "All done!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
allDoneToast.show();

Hope that helps!

Steve.