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3,539 PointsNow declare a SharedPreferences field named mSharedPreferences and an Editor field named mEditor. Then initialize both o
Don't know what's wrong...
import android.view.View;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private static final String PREFS_FILE="PREFS_FILE";
private static final String KEY_CHECKBOX="KEY_CHECKBOX";
public CheckBox mCheckBox;
public SharedPreferences mSharedPreferences;
private EditText mEditor;
// ./MainActivity.java:9: error: cannot find symbol
// private EditText mEditor;
^
//symbol: class EditText
//location: class MainActivity
//./MainActivity.java:17: error: cannot find symbol
// mEditor = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
^
//symbol: class EditText
//location: class MainActivity
//./MainActivity.java:17: error: cannot find symbol
// mEditor = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
^
//symbol: variable editText
//location: class id
//3 errors
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
mCheckBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.checkBox);
mEditor = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
mSharedPreferences=getSharedPreferences("PREFS_FILE",Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
}
}
2 Answers
Boban Talevski
24,793 PointsThe mEditor field should be of type SharedPreferences.Editor, not an EditText.
Tapfuma Golden Chimusinde
7,919 PointsOn the last part simply initialize mEditor using the code below
mEditor = mSharedPreferences.edit();
But make sure that mEditor is below the initialisation of mSharedPreferences