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Android Android Activity Lifecycle The Activity Lifecycle Saving and Retrieving Instance State

Andrés Vila
PLUS
Andrés Vila
Courses Plus Student 2,219 Points

When I put this line at the second question is shows an error. outState.putString(KEY_USERENTRY, "10");

package com.teamtreehouse.funfacts;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;


public class FunFactsActivity extends Activity {

    private static final String KEY_FACT ="KEY_FACT";
    private static final String KEY_COLOR = "KEY_COLOR";
    private TextView mFactLabel;
    private Button mShowFactButton;
    private RelativeLayout mRelativeLayout;
    private FactBook mFactBook = new FactBook();
    private ColorWheel mColorWheel = new ColorWheel();
    private String mFact = mFactBook.mFacts[0];
    private int mColor = Color.parseColor(mColorWheel.mColors[8]);

    @Override
    protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
        super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);

        outState.putString(KEY_FACT, mFact);
        outState.putInt(KEY_COLOR, mColor);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);

        mFact = savedInstanceState.getString(KEY_FACT);
        mFactLabel.setText(mFact);

        mColor = savedInstanceState.getInt(KEY_COLOR);
        mRelativeLayout.setBackgroundColor(mColor);
        mShowFactButton.setTextColor(mColor);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_fun_facts);

        // Declare our View variables and assign them the Views from the layout file
        mFactLabel = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.factTextView);
        mShowFactButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.showFactButton);
        mRelativeLayout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.relativeLayout);

        View.OnClickListener listener = new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                mFact = mFactBook.getFact();
                mFactLabel.setText(mFact);

                mColor = mColorWheel.getColor();
                mRelativeLayout.setBackgroundColor(mColor);
                mShowFactButton.setTextColor(mColor);
            }
        };
        mShowFactButton.setOnClickListener(listener);
    }
}
MainActivity.java
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.View;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  private static final String KEY_USERENTRY = "KEY_USERENTRY";
  public TextView mTextView;

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

    mTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView);
  }

    @Override
    protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
        super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
        outState.putString(KEY_USERENTRY, "10");
    }

    @Override
    protected void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);

    }
}
Mazen Halawi
Mazen Halawi
7,806 Points

you need to write down the error you are getting from logcat to easily trace it.

1 Answer

Hi Andres,

The challenge asks you to save the number 10 to the bundle. Not a string. So, use the putInt() method in the same way you've used putString():

        outState.putInt(KEY_USERENTRY, 10);

I hope that helps,

Steve.