EditText cannot be resolved to a type

Question

I have defined a layout in an xml file in the 'res' folder of my android project. The 'EditText' element looks like:

  <EditText android:id="@+id/editText1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:numeric="integer|decimal"></EditText>

In my class file in my android project, I have the following:

public void doCalculation(View view) {
        String firstNo = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1)).getText().toString();
        String secondNo = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText2)).getText().toString(); 
        String operator = ((Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner1)).getSelectedItem().toString();
        callWebService(firstNo, secondNo, operator );
}

Unfortunately, the first 2 assignments in my method above are showing an error in eclipse stating

EditText cannot be resolved to a type

I've no idea how to fix this. I'm using android 2.3.3 API 10. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

You need to import the EditText class, so it's known, using the following line at the beginning of your .java file :

import android.widget.EditText;

Note that, in most cases, Eclipse can help you a lot : it has an Organize Imports feature, that will add the required import lines :

• Menu > Source > Organize Imports
• Or use Ctrl + Shift + O

Answer 2

Did you try adding this manually?

import android.widget.EditText;

Also check your console & error log for additional errors. Usually with things this obvious the reason can be something else too.

If the import doesnt work, try closing and reopening your project.

Answer 3

If you tried to ad import android.widget.EditText, and doesn't worked try to clean your project at Project -> Clean... and Try to click with right mouse button on your project choose Android tools then fix project properties. Hope it helps.

Answer 4

If none of the other answers work, you can always do this:

EditText txt1 = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1);
EditText txt2 = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText2);

String firstNo = txt1.getText().toString();
String secondNo = txt2.getText().toString();