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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) User Input Finding Views by IDs

Antoine Vachon
Antoine Vachon
744 Points
Posted by Antoine Vachon
Antoine Vachon
744 Points

What is the meaning of "Don't forget to cast the generic View returned by the method!"

What am I doing wrong or not doing?

MainActivity.java 
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    protected Button mExterminateButton;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // Declare our view variables
        mExterminateButton = (Button)findViewByID(R.id.button1);
    }

}

1 Answer

Hayes McCardell II
Hayes McCardell II
643 Points
Hayes McCardell II
Hayes McCardell II
643 Points

You have a typo in findViewByID.

it needs a lower case D, so "findViewById"