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Android Android Activity Lifecycle The Project Creating the Adapter

giannis sotiris
giannis sotiris
2,372 Points
Posted by giannis sotiris
giannis sotiris
2,372 Points

error on setListAdapter(mListAdapter);

i wrote the whole code of this project and i get an error in line setListAdapter(mListAdapter); in MainActivity class, that says can not resolve this method.. is there anywhere in the code the setListAdapter?

MUZ141098 Tendai Matemera
MUZ141098 Tendai Matemera
4,318 Points

ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout .simple_list_item_1, mList);

    mListView.setAdapter(adapter);

1 Answer

Matthew Barrus
Matthew Barrus
16,731 Points
Matthew Barrus
Matthew Barrus
16,731 Points

Did you remember to change the class declaration of MainActivity to extend ListActivity instead of AppCompatActivity?

public class MainActivity extends ListActivity {