Question

There is a mysterious error at the line ee.add(new BasicNameValuePair("uid","demo"));

Eclipse says:

Multiple markers at this line
– Syntax error on token “add”, = expected after this token
– Syntax error on token(s), misplaced construct(s)

package com.test;
import java.util.*;
import org.apache.http.*;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class HttpMysqlActivity extends Activity 
{
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
    }

    ArrayList<NameValuePair> ee = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
    ee.add(new BasicNameValuePair("uid","demo"));//error occurs here
}

I don’t know what the problem is, because ArrayList do have the method add(), and I saw many people (e.g. Link a tutorial of Connecting to MySQL database) code like this. That’s why it is mysterious.

Can anybody tell me why did Eclipse throw the error and how to fix it?

Answer 1

You’re trying to call a method in the main class body. All you can have there is declarations. Put the ee.add() call inside the onCreate (or another method) and it will work.