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Android

gustp
gustp
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Posted by gustp
gustp
2,526 Points

How to access the text from a textview in android

How do I access the text from a textView, 

   I have tried this code but the string I get back from responseText is "" 
   which isn't whats currently on the text property of the view with id of response_text
   responseTextView is of datatype TextView
  When I use the debugger and check the responseTextView variable I get properties but I cant seem the find a property called text even tho it exists in the xml design view properties, should this be the problem? is the getText() function the incorrect function to use here?


   responseTextView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.response_text);
   responseText = responseTextView.getText().toString();