Text Retrieval from EditText

Question

Why does not

String.valueOf(edittext var name)

retrieve the text from EditText?

you should use edittext.getText().toString(); to retrieve text form EditText. If you want to show text inside EditText you should use edittext.setText("something"); . I think this will solve your problem. — Pasindu Weerakoon, Jul 27 '18 at 10:33

Khemraj Sharma · Answer 1 · 2018-07-27T10:39:15.007

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That's what Android has provided.

You can just use editText.getText().toString() instead.

Info about String.valueOf(obj)

String class is a Java class, it does not know Android classes like TextView or EditText.
String.valueOf accept EditText or any object because it will be considered to call String.valueOf(Object) method.

From String Documentation internal implementation of String.valueOf(Object) is

   public static String valueOf(Object obj) {  
       return (obj == null) ? "null" : obj.toString();  
   }

If you call String.valueOf(editText) It will return you class name like EditText@2a139a55.

edited Jul 27 '18 at 10:39

answered Jul 27 '18 at 10:26

Khemraj Sharma

I know that the code you wrote is working, but what is the reason that the code I wrote is not working? – Seymur Ayvazov Jul 27 '18 at 10:27
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Because Android does not provide that method. – Khemraj Sharma Jul 27 '18 at 10:28
But the thing is that it works for TextView, just a little bit confused because of that – Seymur Ayvazov Jul 27 '18 at 10:29
See edited answer. – Khemraj Sharma Jul 27 '18 at 10:39

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 27 '18 at 10:30

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Use editTextName.getText().toString() which returns String value

edited Jul 27 '18 at 10:30

AskNilesh

answered Jul 27 '18 at 10:27

Mukesh Shakya

The method you are using is used to convert Int value to String value thats the reason its not working – Mukesh Shakya Jul 27 '18 at 10:30

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 27 '18 at 10:36

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String value = String.valueOf(editText.getText())

answered Jul 27 '18 at 10:36

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