Question

With reference to the lunchlist example in “Android PRogramming Tutorials” by Mark L.Murphy,
In the below static class code (page 84) :

static class RestaurantHolder {
    private TextView name=null;
    private TextView address=null;
    private ImageView icon=null;
    RestaurantHolder(View row) {
        name=(TextView)row.findViewById(R.id.title);
        address=(TextView)row.findViewById(R.id.address);
        icon=(ImageView)row.findViewById(R.id.icon);
    }
   void populateFrom(Restaurant r) {
        name.setText(r.getName());
        address.setText(r.getAddress());
        if (r.getType().equals("sit_down")) {
          icon.setImageResource(R.drawable.ball_red);
        }
        else if (r.getType().equals("take_out")) {
          icon.setImageResource(R.drawable.ball_yellow);
        }
        else {
          icon.setImageResource(R.drawable.ball_green);
        }
      }
    }

I’m trying to replace

r.getType().equals("take_out")

with

r.getType().equals(getString(R.string.TakeAway))

but I’m getting the error “Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getString(int) from the type Context”

Sorry it’s probably a silly question but i really need help.

Answer 1

if you want to get string in such way, you can try something like this:

void populateFrom(Restaurant r,Context context)
{
//other code
r.getType().equals(context.getString(R.string.TakeAway))
//other code
}