Thanks for the help. I was able to use this method to convert the EditText values to String values. My problem now, is that in my noob- ness, I can't get the UI to output those strings.
LOL T On Feb 13, 12:12 pm, Faber Fedor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Toadster <[email protected]> wrote: > > My immediate quandry is retrieving data entered by > > the user in the EditText fields of xml. > > <snip> > > > > > I have all the mechanics of this working except the regurgitation of > > the data entered. I have called the findViewById() and pulled the > > data from the xml file to the activity and assigned it to a String. > > I think there's a problem here. When you findViewById for nameUser, you're > going to get an EditText back, not a string. Here's what I usually do: > > EditText mynameUser = (EditText) findViewbyId(R.id.nameUser); > String Username = mynameUser.getText().toString(); > > and you will now have a string in Username. > > Can't seem to get the Strings to output in the second activity called > > > Preferences. > > For that, you are going to have to put your data (Username, etc.) into a > Bundle and pass that into the Intent. Maybe something like this: > > /* Create an Intent to start * MySecondActivity. */ > Intent i = new Intent( LayoutTest1.this, Preferences.class); > i.putExtra("USERNAME", Username); > // repeat ad nauseum > > startActivityForResult(i, 0x1337); > > then in your other activity's onCreate(), you can do > > Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras(); > String myUsername = extras.getString("USERNAME"); > > HTH > > -- > Faber Fedor > Linux New Jerseyhttp://linuxnj.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
