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ROBERT RUBY II
10,586 PointsWhy is this not working... it works in the app and is exactly how the video goes or am I missing something?
tton loadPuppiesButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.puppiesButton); String buttonLabel = ""; Resources resources = getResources(); buttonLabel = resources.getString(R.string.morePuppies); loadPuppiesButton.setText(buttonLabel);
Button loadPuppiesButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.puppiesButton);
String buttonLabel = "";
Resources resources = getResources();
buttonLabel = resources.getString(R.string.morePuppies);
loadPuppiesButton.setText(buttonLabel);
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="morePuppies">See More Puppies</string>
</resources>
2 Answers

Lauren Moineau
9,483 PointsHi. Have you tried calling getString()
directly? (without calling getResources()
first)
String buttonLabel = getString(R.string.morePuppies);
getString()
is a shortcut for getResources.getString()
here. Maybe this is what they want here.
These challenges tend to only accept a specific solution, even though sometimes others are possible.

Yusuf Mohamed
2,631 PointsInstead of giving buttonLabel value twice you should just give it a value once like this.
Button loadPuppiesButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.puppiesButton);
Resources resources = getResources();
String buttonLabel = resources.getString(R.string.morePuppies);
loadPuppiesButton.setText(buttonLabel);

ROBERT RUBY II
10,586 PointsEven after making this change it still won't pass me. I do not understand as I'm done with the weather app portion, or 90% done and this code works in AS.
ROBERT RUBY II
10,586 PointsROBERT RUBY II
10,586 PointsLol. Thanks a ton... tunnel vision is the worst.
Lauren Moineau
9,483 PointsLauren Moineau
9,483 PointsNo problem, we've all been there :)