Question

For example I have a method like this. If you see the String ‘tablenumber’ I want to be able to use it in a later function such as a onclick button so I can send the contents of it to a different activity. But if I use this variable outside the method it’s not recognised. How do I go about this.

{
            public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
                    int arg2, long arg3) {

                String tablenumber = (String) arg0.getSelectedItem();

            }

            public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
            }
        });

Answer 1

you can make the scope of your variable global for your whole activity like this

public class Xyz extends Activity {



    String tablenumber;



    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.abc);

}
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
                int arg2, long arg3) {

            tablenumber = (String) arg0.getSelectedItem();

        }

}