get EditText value from onclick function

Question

How do I get the value of my EditText that the user typed in from the function that was called when the onClick was pressed. I tried this below but its not working. Thanks for the help.

 <EditText android:id="@+id/myEditT" />

<Button android:text="MY BUTTON" android:onClick="GetThis" />

public void GetThis(View view) {


    EditText x = (EditText)parentView.findViewById( R.id.myEditT);

    // alert the x variable

 }

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 22 '17 at 08:25

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In XML,

<EditText android:id="@+id/myEditT"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:layout_width="wrap_content"/>
<Button android:id="@+id/myButton"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:layout_width="wrap_content"/>

In Java,

public void onCreate(Bundle saved){
    super.onCreate(saved);
    setContentView(R.layout.your_xml);
    Button btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.myButton);
    EditText edtText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.myEdit);
    btn.setOnClickListener(new onClickListener(
        public void onClick(View v){
            String value = edtText.getText().toString();
        }
    )); 
}

edited Jul 22 '17 at 08:25

Pang

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answered Jan 22 '14 at 12:55

No_Rulz

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thanks but its not working - it wont see "edtText" – Hello-World Jan 22 '14 at 12:57
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@Hello-World, for you it is x.getText().toString(); – Vigbyor Jan 22 '14 at 12:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '14 at 12:56

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EditText x = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.myEditT);
String your_text = x.getText().toString();

answered Jan 22 '14 at 12:56

nKn

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 17 '16 at 10:51

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public void GetThis(View view) {
    EditText x = (EditText)view.findViewById(R.id.myEditT);
    String edittextvalue = x.getText().toString();
}

edited Jan 17 '16 at 10:51

Pang

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answered Jan 22 '14 at 12:58

Looking Forward

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thanks for the reply - but there is still an issue. The x comes back as null . Do you know why? – Hello-World Jan 22 '14 at 14:03

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 17 '16 at 10:52

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EditText x;
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_xml);
    x = (EditText)parentView.findViewById( R.id.myEditT);
    public void GetThis(View view) {
    String s=x.getText().toString();
}

edited Jan 17 '16 at 10:52

Pang

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answered Jan 22 '14 at 13:08

Gayathiri

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refer this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18807186/null-pointer-exception-getting-edittext-value – Gayathiri Jan 22 '14 at 13:10

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 17 '16 at 10:51

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EditText x = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.myEditT);

public void GetThis(View view) {
    String getEditTextValue = x.getText().toString();
    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), getEditTextValue, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

edited Jan 17 '16 at 10:51

Pang

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answered Jan 22 '14 at 13:52

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get EditText value from onclick function

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