Hi, The variable "bodyText" in your code isn't a String. It is an object of EditText class.
You should get the text of an EditText view by: String str = bodyText.getText(); That should help. On Jan 27, 7:14 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! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > > >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2Bunsubscr > > > i...@googlegroups.com> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
