Error due to invalid combination of Toast and OnClickListener

Question

I'm trying to use Toast inside OnCLickListener. My code triggers the following error:

The method makeText(Context, CharSequence, int) in the type Toast is not applicable for the arguments (new View.OnClickListener(){}, String, int) 

This is my code:

    Button register = (Button) findViewById(R.id.register);     register.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {         public void onClick(View arg0) {             EditText name = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.name);             String Lname = name.getText().toString();              Toast.makeText(this, Lname, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();            }     }); 

Answer 1

As The Kenny said, this is refering to the View.OnClickListener instead of your Activity. Change this, to MyActivity.this.

For example,

public class MyActivity extends Activity { // ... other code here Toast.makeText(MyActivity.this, Lname, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); 

Answer 2

In this case, this refers to the instance of the anonymous subclass of View.OnClickListener. You have to refer to the this of the class where you create the anonymous class.