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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) Finishing the User Interface Loading the First Page

Posted by Akhila Mobin
Akhila Mobin
4,492 Points

Cannot resolve the symbol getText()

  1. mTextView.setText(page.getText());

  2. mChoiceButton1.setText(page.getChoice1().getText());

  3. mChoiceButton2.setText(page.getChoice2().getText());

for the first line getText() method worked properly. But for the 2nd and 3rd line, it showing Cannot resolve the symbol getText().

Anyone face the same problem..? please help.

3 Answers

Danial Goodwin
Danial Goodwin
13,247 Points

In order to resolve the "symbol" or method name, it must be spelled the same and not private. So, in your Choice class, make sure that getText() is spelled exactly like that and the visibility modifier is public.

Alice Spencer
Alice Spencer
12,273 Points
Alice Spencer
Alice Spencer
12,273 Points

I know this may sound silly, but what worked for me when I had this problem was to delete, start retyping and then using auto-complete. Not sure what's going on "behind the scenes" so to speak to make that work, but it did for me.

Akhila Mobin
Akhila Mobin
4,492 Points
Akhila Mobin
Akhila Mobin
4,492 Points

That was my mistake. I forgot to generate setter & getter methods for choice class. Now its working fine.

Thanks Alice & Danial.