That's how I debug 99% of the time. Just use a bunch of Log.v() calls to log the values of variables.
On Dec 19, 4:54 pm, Taylor Niver <[email protected]> wrote: > I am new to Java/my IDE, eclipse. I am alright at C and most often > program arduino, making debugging simply sending a Serial command of a > var's value. I tried debugging the best I know how, but couldn't > figure out where it was going wrong. > > On Dec 19, 3:49 am, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Are you new to development in general? If not, I am sure you have > > debugged code before, so do that. > > > On Dec 19, 3:23 pm, Taylor Niver <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm new to android development and am trying to start learning the > > > basics by decoding a RSS feed. I want to store the appropriate info > > > (title, link, etc) into > > > the appropriate corresponding strings. I have the below, which will > > > search for anything that starts with <t (for title), and store the > > > corresponding values into a char array. I then search for the end > > > bracket ('</") and stop storing the information. I then convert the > > > char array into a string, and toast the string when I press button 1. > > > My problem is, when I press the button, it toasts a blank box, meaning > > > that the string is empty. Does anyone have any idea on how to fix > > > this? Thanks! > > > > My Code: > > > > package rssread.withoutinernet; > > > > import android.app.Activity; > > > import android.os.Bundle; > > > > import android.view.View; > > > import android.widget.Button; > > > import android.widget.Toast; > > > > public class RssReaderNoInternetActivity extends Activity { > > > > Button button1; > > > Button button2; > > > Button button3; > > > String RSS_String = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss > > > xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'xmlns:openSearch='http:// > > > a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/ > > > georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' > > > version='2.0'>" > > > + > > > "<channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784086607297621793</ > > > atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:42:16 +0000</ > > > lastBuildDate><title>Bird's eye view</title>" > > > + > > > "<description></description><link>http://blogname.blogspot.com/</ > > > link><managingEditor>[email protected] (blonde ambition)</ > > > managingEditor>" > > > + > > > "<generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>0</ > > > openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</ > > > openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</ > > > openSearch:itemsPerPage></channel></rss>"; > > > > int counter = 0; > > > int title_counter = 0; > > > int bounce; > > > > char[] rss = RSS_String.toCharArray(); > > > > char[] title; > > > > String Title_String; > > > > @Override > > > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > > > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > > > setContentView(R.layout.main); > > > > RSSDecode(); > > > test(); > > > Listeners(); > > > > } > > > > public void Listeners() { > > > // Title > > > button1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1); > > > button1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { > > > public void onClick(View v) { > > > Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), > > > RSS_String, > > > Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); > > > } > > > }); > > > > // Description > > > button2 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button2); > > > button2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { > > > public void onClick(View v) { > > > Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), > > > Title_String, > > > Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); > > > } > > > }); > > > > // Link > > > button3 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button3); > > > button3.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { > > > public void onClick(View v) { > > > Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), > > > "Var3Goeshere", > > > Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); > > > } > > > }); > > > > } > > > > public void test(){ > > > title[1]= 'c'; > > > title[2]= 'o'; > > > Title_String = title.toString(); > > > } > > > > public void RSSDecode() { > > > try { > > > while (counter <= 500) { > > > if (RSS_String.charAt(counter) == '<') { > > > if (RSS_String.charAt(counter + > > > 1) == 't') { > > > counter = counter + 8; > > > bounce = 0; > > > while (bounce == 0) { > > > > // Test if its > > > the end > > > if > > > (RSS_String.charAt(counter) == '<') { > > > if > > > (RSS_String.charAt(counter + 1) == '/') { > > > > > > bounce = 1; > > > } > > > } > > > > //Store values > > > into char array and convert into string > > > > > > title[title_counter] = (RSS_String.charAt(counter)); > > > counter = counter > > > + 1; > > > title_counter = > > > title_counter + 1; > > > > } > > > > } > > > > } > > > > Title_String = title.toString(); > > > counter = counter + 1; > > > > } > > > } catch (Exception e) { > > > Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), > > > e.toString(), > > > Toast.LENGTH_SHORT); > > > } > > > > }- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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