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Start your free trialFarai Ted Mandoreba
21,518 PointsInitialize the showFactButton variable using the findViewById() method like the TextView above it. The ID for the button
what is it that is needed here, i cannt seem to get it right, what is wrong with my code
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class FunFactsActivity extends Activity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_fun_facts);
// Declare our View variables and assign them the Views from the layout file
TextView factLabel = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.factTextView);
Button showFactButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.shawFactButton);
}
}
1 Answer
Lauren Moineau
9,483 PointsHi Farai. Whenever your challenge fails, you get a message at the top. Here it says: "Bummer: There is a compiler error. Please click on preview to view your syntax errors!"
If you click on Preview
, you will see the following:
./FunFactsActivity.java:16: error: cannot find symbol
Button showFactButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.shawFactButton);
^
symbol: variable shawFactButton
location: class id
1 error
So it tells you the problem is that it cannot find symbol
, then further down it indicates what symbol it cannot find: symbol: variable shawFactButton
Looking at it carefully, you will notice that you have a small typo: it should be showFactButton
, not shawFactButton
.
Correct this and you'll be good to go. Hope that helps :)