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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) Intents and Multiple Activities Using String Resources

Tuan Zen
Tuan Zen
6,882 Points
Posted by Tuan Zen
Tuan Zen
6,882 Points

use variable to set text?

i have java:104: error: cannot find symbol on this problem but i dont know why. Could someone explain to me what i did wrong?

CodeChallenge.java 
Button loadPuppiesButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.puppiesButton);
String buttonLabel = "";
loadPuppiesButton.setText("LOAD");
buttonLabel = getString(R.string.morePuppies);
Toast.makeText(this, morePuppies, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
strings.xml 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
  <string name="morePuppies">See More Puppies</string>
</resources>

1 Answer

anil rahman
anil rahman
7,786 Points
anil rahman
anil rahman
7,786 Points

You doing toast for task 3? It wants you to use buttonLabel variable you made and use it for the setText instead of that hardcoded value "LOAD".

Toast shows a message on screen for a few seconds. 

Button loadPuppiesButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.puppiesButton);
String buttonLabel = "";

buttonLabel = getString(R.string.morePuppies);
loadPuppiesButton.setText(buttonLabel);
Tuan Zen
Tuan Zen
6,882 Points
Tuan Zen
Tuan Zen
6,882 Points

ahh thanks i didnt know setText() method works like that