Sorry, I really wasn't on the ball yesterday :) What you want is:
String TESTSTRING = bodyText.getText().toString(); Just for a little background: Your bodyText object is what's called a View in Android, it contains a lot more info than just the contents of the text field (such as its size and appearance). To get the text in the field you need to call bodyText.getText(), which will return the current text value wrapped in an object called an Editable. The reason it returns an Editable instead of a String is fairly subtle, but if you understand the concept of "immutable" objects you'd have an idea to its purpose, the API describes it in more detail: http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/reference/android/text/Editable.html Ultimately, your OutputStreamWriter needs a String to work, which we can get by calling the toString() method. Hope it helps. On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:08 PM, André <pha...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thank you. > > I have tried to do what you wrote. Not sure if I did it right because > I still get a problem. When I put String TESTSTRING = bodyText.getText > (); inside of the onClick method I get a red line under > bodyText.getText(). If i hold my mouse over it suggests me to change > String TESTSTRING do Editable TESTSTRING. If i do that osw.write is > wrong and wants to change TESTSTRING to an int. > > Any suggestions? > > André > > On Jan 27, 6:36 pm, Sean Hodges <seanhodge...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Ah, something I missed before... >> >> To get the text out of your EditText view, you want to do this: >> >> String TESTSTRING = bodyText.getText(); >> >> The String() class does not accept EditText objects, you need to >> retrieve the string that is contained inside your bodyText object. >> >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Sean Hodges >> >> >> >> <seanhodge...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > The problem is that you are referencing a non-final variable >> > ("bodyText") that is outside the scope of your View.OnClickListener() >> > inner class. >> >> > You need to make bodyText final, so that it can be accessed from >> > inside your anonymous inner class. You do not need to make TESTSTRING >> > final, though doing so should do no harm (unless later on you try to >> > re-assign it to another string). >> >> > Your code should end up looking something like this: >> >http://pastebin.com/f4895dad4 >> >> > Make sure you are familiar with the concepts of the final keyword. It >> > is important to understand how it affects the variables you apply it >> > to. In particular, take a look at the "Anonymous Inner Classes" >> > section on this article: >> >http://renaud.waldura.com/doc/java/final-keyword.shtml#vars. >> >> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:14 PM, André <pha...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> I tried that now but get the same problem. >> >> >> here is a screen shot of it: >> >> >>http://www.andreborud.com/android/android-problem-2.jpg >> >> >> André >> >> >> On Jan 27, 5:39 pm, Justin Anderson <janderson....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Why are you using the final keyword? I think that is the source of your >> >>> problem. Remove that and I would be that everything will work out. >> >> >>> In java, "final" is more-or-less equivalent to "const" in c++. Since you >> >>> are setting this variable every time a button is clicked I don't think >> >>> you >> >>> want to set this to final. >> >> >>> I am curious though... what exactly is the error that you are getting? >> >> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>> There are only 10 types of people in the world... >> >>> Those who know binary and those who don't. >> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:26 AM, André <pha...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> > Hello, >> >> >>> > I'm sure there has been a lot of questions like this here already. But >> >>> > I haven't been able to find an answer to my question is. I'm still >> >>> > very new to this so it's probably something very simple. >> >>> > What I am trying is to save text from a edittext window, it works fine >> >>> > if I have a pre-written text. Any suggestion on how I should make this >> >>> > work? >> >> >>> > Bellow you can see what I have tried! The row with the stars is what >> >>> > eclipse doesn't accept. >> >> >>> > private EditText bodyText; >> >> >>> > �...@override >> >>> > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { >> >>> > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); >> >>> > setContentView(R.layout.main); >> >> >>> > bodyText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.body); >> >>> > Button confirmButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.confirm); >> >>> > confirmButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { >> >> >>> > public void onClick(View view) { >> >>> > try { >> >>> > final String TESTSTRING = new >> >>> > String(bodyText); >> >> >>> > *************************************************************************** >> >>> > ***** >> >> >>> > FileOutputStream fOut = >> >>> > openFileOutput("samplefile.txt", >> >>> > MODE_WORLD_READABLE); >> >>> > OutputStreamWriter osw = new >> >>> > OutputStreamWriter(fOut); >> >> >>> > osw.write(TESTSTRING); >> >> >>> > osw.flush(); >> >>> > osw.close(); >> >> >>> > } catch (IOException ioe) { >> >>> > ioe.printStackTrace(); >> >>> > } >> >>> > } >> >> >>> > }); >> >>> > } >> >>> > } >> >> >>> > -- >> >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >>> > Groups "Android Beginners" group. >> >> >>> > NEW! 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