Question

I’m trying to get the value of an EditText box and convert it to a byte array for use in nfc writing. Basically, I want to be able to write to an NFC tag just from an EditText box. I’ve tried simple stuff like .toString() and UTF-8 encoding, but my issue seems to be in getting a String value from the Editable. Anyone have experience here?

Edit: Relevant code here:

EditText msgInput = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);

    ...

String msg = msgInput.getText().toString();
Log.i(TAG, "msg: " + msg);

byte[] bytes = msg.getBytes();
Log.i(TAG, "bytes: " + bytes);

messagePayload = bytes;

I enter ‘stuff’ (without quotes) into my edittext, then try to write. This gives two logcat outputs:

    msg: stuff
    bytes: [B@412e9e80

Answer 1

Probably,

editBox.getText().toString().getBytes()