Solved!
I had to move the EditText bodyText; line outside of onClick and
onCreate and add private infront of it.
Hope this can help someone else in the future!
On Jan 29, 6:35 pm, André <pha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Still I haven't been able to make this work?
>
> I have changed that way to make the file a little bit to a way that
> has worked fine for me when instead of using a variable on out.write
> (VAR); I just wrote out.write("Hello World"); The later one works
> fine.
> But when I try to get my text I want out of EditText nothing happens.
> Not even the pre defined file is written. Can any one explain why?
> Here is the source code for it:
>
> Button confirmButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.confirm);
> confirmButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
>
> public void onClick(View view) {
> try {
> EditText bodyText;
> bodyText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.body);
> String TESTSTRING =
> bodyText.getText().toString();
>
> File root = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory
> ();
> if (root.canWrite()){
> File textFile = new File(root, "index.html");
> FileWriter textWriter = new FileWriter
> (textFile);
> BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter
> (textWriter);
> out.write(TESTSTRING);
> out.close();
> }
> } catch (IOException e) {
> Log.e(TAG, "Could not write file " + e.getMessage
> ());
> }
> }
>
> });
>
> André
>
> On Jan 28, 1:31 pm, Sean Hodges <seanhodge...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Make sure you sign your APK before trying to use it on your phone.
>
> >http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/guide/publishing/app-signing.html
>
> > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:48 AM, André <pha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > That worked fine!
> > > Thank you!
>
> > > Now my only problem is that my HTC Tattoo doesn't want to install the
> > > apk when I want to test it! =(
>
> > > André
>
> > > On Jan 28, 11:19 am, Sean Hodges <seanhodge...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > >> 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....
>
> > >> 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();
> > >> >> >>> > }
> > >> >> >>> > }
>
> > >> >> >>> > });
> > >> >> >>> > }
> > >> >> >>> > }
>
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