Thanks Mark Murphy, Well, sorry to bother you again, but my question was not regarding the author's code in particular but about how to make sense of the android API documentation in general. Suppose I extend an abstract class such as http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/BaseAdapter.html . How is it clear from this page which methods I need to implement in a subclass? When I use Eclipse IDE it tells me but when I use some editor outside of Eclipse it does not. I thought I ought to look for all methods declared abstract in the documentation and implement those but that does not seem to be what needs to be done to implement an abstract class.
IMHO if an abstract method is implemented it should not be labeled abstract in the android documentation. Anyhow, I will read your excerpt.pdf from your book. Maybe I will find an answer there. Regards, John Goche On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 4:05 PM, John Goche <[email protected]> > wrote: > > How can MyCustomAdapter even compile? > > Rather than asking 50,000 people that question, you might consider > contacting the author of that code and asking the author that > question. > > > Is there less abstract > > methods in the BaseAdapter interface in the Android 1.6 API? > > Not that I am aware of. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, One Low Price! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
