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Android Android Data Persistence Introduction to Data Persistence Using EditText Data

Posted by Dalton Coble
Dalton Coble
6,489 Points

using edit text data

I need help with this code challenge I don't know whats wrong. Thanks in advance.

CodeChallenge.java 
EditText entryField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.entry_field);
TextView textHolder = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.text_holder);
textHolder.setText(entryField.getText(R.id.entry_field));

1 Answer

Jack Middlebrook
Jack Middlebrook
19,746 Points
Jack Middlebrook
Jack Middlebrook
19,746 Points

You are correct to call textHolder.setText() but you need to pass setText() a String. In this case the String will be entryField.getText().toString(). Note that you don't need to use R.id.entry_field in getText() since entryField has already been assigned this from EditText entryField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.entry_field);