Retrieving data from EditText and storing it in a variable, What should be the data type of the variable?

Question

searchField.getText()

I want to store data of a EditText field in a variable. I know it returns string data but when I tried to store that in string type variable that didn't work.

As in java variables declared according to the class name,

I tried that way too. I tried EditText varibleName = searchField.getText(); But didn't work.

can anyone explain why it didn't work and what should be the correct data type to store it?

I need an explanation how does it works. I mean What if I don't convert it to string. and What if I want to store it as row.

The answer is (**obviously**): `String`. – Phantômaxx Jan 24 '17 at 07:49 — Phantômaxx, Jan 24 '17 at 07:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 24 '17 at 07:40

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you can simply use

String var = searchField.getText().toString();

answered Jan 24 '17 at 07:40

Deepak Kumar

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 24 '17 at 07:39

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You need to convert it to String

String.valueOf(searchField.getText())

answered Jan 24 '17 at 07:39

Fatimah Mohmmed

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Retrieving data from EditText and storing it in a variable, What should be the data type of the variable?

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