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Android

Ian Z
Ian Z
14,584 Points
Posted by Ian Z
Ian Z
14,584 Points

what does @override before the method do?does Ben go over this?

in the default main activity of an android app there are @override s before the methods.

Is there a video where Ben goes over this? i dont remember seeing one

1 Answer

Christopher Augg
Christopher Augg
21,223 Points
Christopher Augg
Christopher Augg
21,223 Points

Hello Ian,

It was talked about in the Java videos. It just means that the author is specifying that they intended to override the method so that the compiler knows to check for errors when a mistake leads to not actually overriding it. Here is the documentation:

http://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Override.html

I hope that helps....