Wow all this is so confusion I want to develop my own apps mainly games but I don't think ill be able to I really don't understand any of this HAHAHA
On Dec 10, 2008 12:14 PM, "Josh Dobbs" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Mark, Can you elaborate on building a map or point me to the correct documentation. I looked at the class index and their are several maps and im not quite sure what you mean. What advantaged does a map have over an array? On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:58 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > > Josh wrote: > > can i access a widget if i know it's id. For example if i have the > > following > > > > String myWidget = btn1; > > FWIW, R.id.btn1 would be an int, not a String. > > > can i do something like this in order to get a reference to the widget > > and change it's background color? > > Button btnTmp = (Button) findViewById(R.id.myWidget) > > No. If you want to look up widgets by Strings, I think you will need to > build yourself a Map. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 1.9 Published! > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
