Android - get edittext and store it to private variable

Question

im new in this. but i have private variable which is have static text

private static final String URL = "http://google.com";

. and i create edittext like this

                android:id="@+id/url"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:hint="@string/add_url"
                android:inputType="textUri" />

how can i set the private variable from the edittext above?

is it

private static final String URL = urledittext.value;

? thats how done in pascal. because im new for java.

Francisco Romero · Answer 1 · 2015-09-04T18:11:20.393

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You have to do it like this:

private static final String URL = url.getText().toString();

Look that your EditText have the id url.

Of course, you have to reference your EditText before using the method .getText():

EditText url = (EditText) view.findViewById(R.id.url);

EDIT: You can have your URL variable created in the top of your Activity.

private static final String URL;

and in your onCreate() method use the code that I put above:

EditText url = (EditText) view.findViewById(R.id.url);
URL = url.getText().toString();

Now the value of your URL variable will be the same as the text on the EditText.

edited Sep 04 '15 at 18:11

answered Sep 03 '15 at 22:50

Francisco Romero

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maybe the mainactivity not recognize the url edit text field? – sailornoob Sep 03 '15 at 22:53
@MuliaRifaiAroyan Edited answer. You have to make reference to the `EditText` before using the method `.getText()` – Francisco Romero Sep 03 '15 at 22:54
i see, but the private static stuff is above the oncreate. how to reference the edittext so it can use for any java without reference again? – sailornoob Sep 03 '15 at 22:58
cannot make static reference to the non-static field url – sailornoob Sep 03 '15 at 23:00
it say : The blank final field URL may not have been initialized – sailornoob Sep 03 '15 at 23:10
should i give you full source the activity? – sailornoob Sep 03 '15 at 23:11
@sailornoob If you provide some executable code I could prove it. It would be good. – Francisco Romero Sep 03 '15 at 23:12
http://pastebin.com/6x7EacMA , please look at this code. and i get the full source http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/ios-android-retirement/ – sailornoob Sep 03 '15 at 23:42
Try getText ().toString (); – Sepaka Sep 04 '15 at 03:11
Cannot make a static reference to the non-static field url. – sailornoob Sep 04 '15 at 05:27
@sailornoob Look the answer that it is given here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4969171/cannot-make-static-reference-to-non-static-method. I think it could help you a bit but it seems that you have to remove the static on your URL variable. – Francisco Romero Sep 04 '15 at 18:10

Android - get edittext and store it to private variable

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