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Android Android Lists and Adapters (2015) Using Parcelable Data Reading Parcelable Data

Saurabh B
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Saurabh B
Courses Plus Student 2,880 Points

Please help I am stuck

Please help I am stuck

VideoGame.java
public class VideoGame implements Parcelable {

    public String mTitle = "";
    public int mYear = 0;

    public VideoGame() {
        // intentionally blank
    }

    // getters and setters omitted for brevity!

    @Override
    public int describeContents() {
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
        dest.writeString(mTitle);
        dest.writeInt(mYear);
    }

    public VideoGame(Parcel in) {
        // Task 1 code here!
      mTitle = in.readString();
mYear = in.readInt();
    }

    public static final Creator<VideoGame> CREATOR = new Creator<VideoGame>() {
        @Override
        public VideoGame createFromParcel(Parcel source) {
            // Task 2 code here!

            VideoGame videoGame = new VideoGame(source);
            return videoGame;
        }

        @Override
        public VideoGame[] newArray(int size) {
            // Task 3 code here!

            VideoGame videoGame= new VideoGame[size];
            return new videoGame[size];

        }
    };
}

1 Answer

Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points

Hey Saurabh!

You were close! All we need to do is

return new VideoGame[size];

In Java, we can't make a new instance of a variable, it must be an object.

Hope it helps :)