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    Default Getting primitive variable values from another class

    Sorry if this question has already been answered in a different thread but I can't find a solution on this site that suits my problem.

    I am making an Android app and in one class, "Menu.java", I have a 'int' value which starts off being defined as 1 but gets changed during the actions of the class as it is actually a user input and ends up as a certain value and ceases to change. This class, "Menu.java", is then put into the background and a new class, "NumScreen.java", is started. In "NumScreen.java" the final value of the 'int' in "Menu.java" is needed in a number of different processes as a constant value.

    My question is: How do I get that last value of the 'int' from "Menu.java" to "NumScreen.java" so I can use it in the processes that follow in "NumScreen.java"?

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    Default Re: Getting primitive variable values from another class

    Add a getter method in the Menu class that returns the value. Call that method when you want the value.
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    Default Re: Getting primitive variable values from another class

    Thought this was working but in my case its not... I've defined the variable in Menu but then changed it upon the clicking of a button. Where do I put the code for the getter in order for the getter to return the new value of the int when it is used in NumScreen?

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    The getter method should be in the class that has the variable whose value is to be returned.
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    Default Re: Getting primitive variable values from another class

    Hii,
    1.define the variable with protected or public in Menu.java.

    2.Extend the Menu.java class in NumScreen.java.
    3.use what ever variables u want from Menu.java by super.variable in NumScreen.

    if ur value is changing in Menu.java.Store all values in array and acces the array.
    Ex:
    public class Menu{

    public or protected int[] var;
    }

    public class NumScreen extends Menu{

    NumScreen(int[] myvar){
    super.var=myvar;
    }

    }


    I think this will help,if there are any mistakes ,please revert back.
    thank u.

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    Default Re: Getting primitive variable values from another class

    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    The getter method should be in the class that has the variable whose value is to be returned.
    I have put the get method in the Menu class not in any subclass. I have set the default value of the variable to 1 but there is a subsection namely the 'public void onClick(view v){.........}' where the value of the variable is changed to something completely different. I have put the get method outside this subsection but within the class Menu.java. I have then used the get method in NumScreen.java at which point it returns the value 1 when it should have been changed by user input due to the code in the subsection. I'm not sure if the problem lies with the get method/its position or if the variable isn't being edited by the subsection.

    Is it sufficient to have this code within the button click subsection:

    EditText time_input = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.time_input);
    time = Integer.parseInt(time_input.getText().toString());

    and expect it to change the value of the 'time' integer throughout the entire class or is there something more I must do for the get method to return this changed 'time' value?

    Thanks

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    change the value of the 'time' integer throughout the entire class
    If time is a class variable, when its value changes, the whole class should see the new value.
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    Default Re: Getting primitive variable values from another class

    Thanks - that's very helpful I had forgotten to use static int time; so it was only changing in the subsection.

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    If you have more than one instance of a class and change the value of a variable in one instance, the value will NOT be changed in any other instances,
    UNLESS the variable is static. Then all the instances of the class will share the ONE static variable.
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    Thanks as you might be able to tell, I've only just started java - this has been very helpful.

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