Why do we need to create a listener ?, we tied its method with the "showFactButton" already.

Hi omar,

you can link the button and the listener with two methods, you can choose which one you like the best:

1. Working with anonymous listener - the syntax is this -

findViewById(R.id.button).setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View v) { //write your code here... } });

1. The second is the one that i prefer the most, since its more "clean" way. you need to implement the onClickListener so the activity itself will use it for you. it is more simple ofcourse. all you have to do is write this code -

findViewById(R.id.button).setOnClickListener(this);

then you will see an error. thats fine, all you have to do is to put your cursor on the line of code and press - alt + enter you will see two options - choose the second one - Make main activity implement android.view.onClickListener, and then a new method will be created for you. this is how it will looks like:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener {

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

     //you can initialize the button like this
     //notice that i find the Button only by its ID that was given in the XML file
    findViewById(R.id.button).setOnClickListener(this);
}

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
          //here you will write the code
}

}

hope it helps!