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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) The Model-View-Controller Pattern Adding a Custom Constructor

Posted by Gianpiero Gaeta
Gianpiero Gaeta
1,697 Points

Why it doesn't work

} public constructor () { setType= "SHUTTLE"; } }

Spaceship.java 
public class Spaceship {
    public String mType;

    public String getType() {
      return mType;
    }

    public void setType(String type) {
      mType = type;
    }
  public  constructor () {
    setType= "SHUTTLE";
  }
}

1 Answer

Ken Alger
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Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Gianpiero;

Welcome to Treehouse!

Constructors are going to be the same name as the class to which they belong so:

public class Foo {
    public String mBar;

  public Foo() {
    mBar = "BAZ";
  }

}

Now when a new Foo object is created, the mBar variable will be set to BAZ on creation.

Your code is almost there.

Happy coding,
Ken