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Andrés Vila
Courses Plus Student 2,219 PointsWhen 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);
}
}
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);
}
}
1 Answer

Steve Hunter
57,684 PointsHi 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.
Mazen Halawi
7,806 PointsMazen Halawi
7,806 Pointsyou need to write down the error you are getting from logcat to easily trace it.