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6,127 PointsChallenge Task 2 of 3 Next, create a field in the TwitterThread class for your new Handler, and populate that field in
Challenge Task 2 of 3
Next, create a field in the TwitterThread class for your new Handler, and populate that field in the 'run' method.
i think i have created and populated the field in the TwitterThread class but still getting errors. can someone help
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
Button button;
TwitterClient twitterClient = new TwitterClient();
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
final TwitterThread twitterThread = new TwitterThread();
twitterThread.setName("TwitterThread");
twitterThread.start();
button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.update_button);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v){
}
});
}
class TwitterHandler extends Handler {
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
twitterClient.update();
}
}
class TwitterThread extends Thread {
TwitterHandler myHandler;
@Override
public void run() {
myHandler = TwitterHandler ();
Looper.prepare ();
Looper.loop ();
}
}
}
sean tatenda jack
6,127 Pointsthanks Shea
Shea Bryan
976 PointsShea Bryan
976 Pointsin your run() method, you forgot to add the "new" keyword for the instantiation "myHandler"
I got it to work with this:
class TwitterThread extends Thread {
}} class TwitterHandler extends Handler{