On top of all that has been said before, the error message is actually
correct. the IF statement needs an equality operator ( == ) , not an
assignment operator ( = ) .
On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 5:34:38 PM UTC-4, Waheed Rafiq wrote:
> thank you both for guiding me in a straight path with regards to xml and
> java , I was reading android online tutorial , I guess i jump into the
> deep end of newbie user section ,
> On Aug 21, 2012 10:22 PM, "Lew" <lewb...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> As Kristopher said, Java source is in "*.java" files and XML is in
>> "*.xml" files.
>>
>> Also, Java follows Java syntax:
>>
>> package com.foo.bar;
>>
>> public class FooBar
>> {
>> public static void main(String [] args)
>> {
>> // ... etc.
>> }
>> }
>>
>> XML follows XML syntax:
>>
>> <rootTag>
>> <someOtherTag someAttribute="value">
>> <yetAnotherTag>content</yetAnotherTag>
>> <moreTag id="more" value="barfoo" />
>> </someOtherTag>
>> </rootTag>
>>
>> Now, when someone new to Java and XML runs into a question, it is good
>> to search through the documentation for Java and for XML:
>>
>> <http://docs.oracle.com/javase/>
>> <http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp>
>>
>> Read and study the tutorials, etc.
>>
>> --
>> Lew
>>
>> Waheed Rafiq wrote:
>>>
>>> you defo got one thing right " I am confused" -:) I actually thought I
>>> was writing code in java ? so this now begs the question where do I write
>>> the code if not in MyFirstApp.main
>>>
>>> I am new to Java and XML
>>>
>>> thanks for your prompt reply
>>> Kristopher Micinsk wrote:
>>>
>>>> You seem to be quite confused... You can't write an if statement
>>>> inside XML, it's not interactive (computation), it's just static XML.
>>>>
>>>> What you need to do is put that in your java code,
>>>>
>>>> Waheed Rafiq wrote:
>>>> > Hi guys , I am new to android development
>>>> >
>>>> > for sometime I have try to resolve the if statement issue within my
>>>> code
>>>> > but can't seem to understand why it does not work
>>>> >
>>>> > here is my code that I was learning from online tutorial
>>>> >
>>>> > <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.**
>>>> android.com/apk/res/android<http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android>
>>>> "
>>>> >
>>>> > xmlns:tools="http://schemas.**android.com/tools<http://schemas.android.com/tools>
>>>> "
>>>> > android:layout_width="match_**parent"
>>>> > android:layout_height="match_**parent" >
>>>> >
>>>> > <TextView
>>>> > android:id="@+id/textView1"
>>>>
>>>
>> . . . [ snip ] . . .
>>
>>
>>> > android:text="Edit me" // on this line I name the button
>>>> Edit Me
>>>> >
>>>> > if(android.text="Hussian Waheed") android.text="Change Me";
>>>> // on
>>>> > this line I am trying to say if the button is "Edit Me" then change
>>>> this to
>>>> > "Change Me"
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > all I get is a error stating my if statment requires a equal , I just
>>>> don't
>>>> > understand it. really would like someone to give me a better example
>>>> of how
>>>> > to change a button name to different button name.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>> > />
>>>> >
>>>> > </RelativeLayout>
>>>>
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