Why is it when you declare Strings at first you write m in front of it like:
String = mArtist;

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Why is it when you declare Strings at first you write m in front of it like:
String = mArtist;
but in the constructor its just
public void song (artist){
}

Manish Giri · Accepted Answer

That is a notation followed in Android code (https://source.android.com/source/code-style#follow-field-naming-conventions) - 
Non-public, non-static field names start with m.

Eugenio Villarreal · Answer

"m" stands for Member Variable, a variable which belongs to the class.
You can also use "this." as a variable, it is part of Java Syntax
There are used to distinguish between the class variable and the method´s variable.
For example here: 
public  Song ( String title, String author){
  mTitle = title;
  mAuthor = author;
}
You use "m" to distinguish between the class variable declared beforehand and the variable entered in the constructor. It read better and this way you don´t have title = title... :s

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Why is it when you declare Strings at first you write m in front of it like: String = mArtist;

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Manish Giri

Manish Giri

Eugenio Villarreal

Eugenio Villarreal