Question

I’ve created a setOnFocusChangeListener on an EditText so it will grab the string and add it to a TextView via setText(). However, I need a way to publicly and dynamically (in case they change the EditText again) use the toString() method so I can use it in another setOnFocusListener.

Heres my code, perhaps it will explain things in a less confusing way:

final TextView team1NameScore = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.team1NameScore);
final EditText team1Name = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.team1Name);

team1Name.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
            String team1NameString = team1Name.getText().toString();
            // Right here I need to make the above line public so I can use it later!
            if (!hasFocus) {
                team1NameScore.setText(team1NameString + "'s Score:");
            }
        }
    });

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I have many focus listeners… I’d like to combine them into one preview that I generate for the user at the end (using `setText(textview1 + textview2 + team1Name)

Answer 1

Simply create a field variable:

public class Example extends Activity {
    public String team1NameString = "";

Then use it like any other variable:

public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
    team1NameString = team1Name.getText().toString();