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Android Build a Self-Destructing Message Android App Relating Users in Parse.com Executing a Query

Posted by Hasif Nizam
Hasif Nizam
76 Points

What does ParseUser user : mUsers means?

What does ParseUser user : mUsers means? Why is the for loop different than previous? Please explain

1 Answer

Kristian Terziev
Kristian Terziev
28,449 Points
Kristian Terziev
Kristian Terziev
28,449 Points

This is a foreach loop. Basically it loops one time for each "user" variable of type ParseUser that is contained in the variable mUsers. Let's say mUsers contains 3 users of type ParseUser. It gets the first one and assigns it to "user" then enters the loop and does everything inside for that current user. It then picks the next one, assigns it to "user again" and so on, untill it does it for the last such element.

Hasif Nizam
Hasif Nizam
76 Points

why can't we use for(int i = 0; i<mUser.size(): i++) to determine the loop needed?

Kristian Terziev
Kristian Terziev
28,449 Points

In different situation, one may be faster and better to use than the other. As to which one you should use, this is greatly expalined here - http://www.dotnetperls.com/for-foreach

And a bit more clarity - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/365615/in-net-which-loop-runs-faster-for-or-foreach