Get text from pressed button

Question

How can I get the text from a pressed button? (Android)

I can get the text from a button:

String buttonText = button.getText(); 

I can get the id from a pressed button:

int buttinID = view.getId(); 

What I can't find out at this moment is how to get the text on the pressed button.

public void onClick(View view) {   // Get the text on the pressed button } 

Answer 1

The view you get passed in on onClick() is the Button you are looking for.

public void onClick(View v) {     // 1) Possibly check for instance of first      Button b = (Button)v;     String buttonText = b.getText().toString(); } 

1) If you are using a non-anonymous class as onClickListener, you may want to check for the type of the view before casting it, as it may be something different than a Button.

Answer 2

If you're sure that the OnClickListener instance is applied to a Button, then you could just cast the received view to a Button and get the text:

public void onClick(View view){ Button b = (Button)view; String text = b.getText().toString(); }