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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) The Model-View-Controller Pattern Creating the Story

GAURAV DOBHAL
GAURAV DOBHAL
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Posted by GAURAV DOBHAL
GAURAV DOBHAL
6,155 Points

Error initializing mPages

Q.) In the Story Class if I try to initialise mPages outside of the Story constructor it throws multiple errors. I have given the details below. I am wondering why?

public class Story {

private Page[] mPages;
private Choice[] mChoices;

    mPages = new Page[7];
   //Errors: mPages=Class unknown
                   new=Unexpected Token
                   [7]=identifier expected

1 Answer

Jacob Bergdahl
Jacob Bergdahl
29,119 Points
Jacob Bergdahl
Jacob Bergdahl
29,119 Points

Are you initializing it in onCreate(), a different method, or out in the open? You cannot instantiate variables outside of a method.