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

Arjun Vemperala
Arjun Vemperala
1,212 Points
Posted by Arjun Vemperala
Arjun Vemperala
1,212 Points

help in cracking this quiz The code below sets an EditText variable from the layout of an Activity. Set the petName var

The code below sets an EditText variable from the layout of an Activity. Set the petName variable to the value from this EditText. i tried the following code but i am unable to crack it kindly tell me where i am wrong

CodeChallenge.java 
EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField);
String petName=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.petName);

1 Answer

Paul Willis
Paul Willis
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EditText petNameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.petNameField);
String petName = petNameField.getText().toString();
Arjun Vemperala
Arjun Vemperala
1,212 Points
Arjun Vemperala
Arjun Vemperala
1,212 Points

Thanks a lot
i completely misunderstood the question but now i understand it