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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) User Input Getting Text from an EditText

Paul Trimor
Paul Trimor
5,388 Points
Posted by Paul Trimor
Paul Trimor
5,388 Points

Basic Java question

Why is it that the ''findViewById()'' method can be invoked without being called from an object like ''RelativeLayout.findViewById()''. The android API says that it is not a static method. So how come it can be done?

1 Answer

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points
Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points

findViewById is a method of the Activity, so it's being called implicitly with this. You could make it explicit if you wanted:

mStartButton = (Button)this.findViewById(R.id.startButton);