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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > >> <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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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