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Ikuyasu Usui
36 PointsIn MainActivity, onEditorAction() takes 3 arguments, but why does Ben input 1 argument and it works?
Am I missing something?
2 Answers
Ben Deitch
Treehouse TeacherThey're actually two different things. In MainActivity, we're setting up an OnEditorActionListener which requires us to override its onEditorAction method. On the other hand, in our test we're just calling the onEditorAction method directly.
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsSadly, I'm no Android developer, and I'm new to Java, but I do know that almost all languages that support functions can have default values for arguments.
I didn't check the video so I'm not sure if this is the answer, but I can tell you that probably Ben used a default argument. When you define a function, you can assign a value to an argument inside the function definition. This value is used if you don't specify the argument when you call the function.
Maybe Ben used a default argument!
I hope this helps. ~Alex
Ikuyasu Usui
36 PointsIkuyasu Usui
36 PointsOh, I see. You overrided the method which means the original method is there. Thank you Are you also thinking about updating Android Data Persistent course? It is outdated and the worst problem is that sample files are too old to be workable.
Ben Deitch
Treehouse TeacherBen Deitch
Treehouse TeacherYep, it's on our list. Though I didn't know about the sample files; thanks for passing that on!