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Android Build an Interactive Story App Intents and Multiple Activities Using String Resources

Posted by devil kumar
devil kumar
662 Points

not getting through

code looks good

CodeChallenge.java 
Button loadPuppiesButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.puppiesButton);

 Resources resources =  getResources();
 String buttonLabel =  resources.getString(R.string.morePuppies);
 loadPuppiesButton.setText(buttonLabel);
strings.xml 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
     <string name="morePuppies">See More Puppies</string>

</resources>

1 Answer

Ben Deitch
STAFF
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Devil!

Instead of using Resources, just use the 'getString' method by itself. 

Button loadPuppiesButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.puppiesButton);
String buttonLabel = getString(R.string.morePuppies);
loadPuppiesButton.setText(buttonLabel);

Hope that helps!