MainActivity.java

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 * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
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package com.example.android.explicitintent;

import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    /* Fields that will store our EditText and Button */
    private EditText mNameEntry;
    private Button mDoSomethingCoolButton;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        /*
         * Using findViewById, we get a reference to our Button from xml. This allows us to
         * do things like set the onClickListener which determines what happens when the button
         * is clicked.
         */
        mDoSomethingCoolButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.b_do_something_cool);
        mNameEntry = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_text_entry);

        /* Setting an OnClickListener allows us to do something when this button is clicked. */
        mDoSomethingCoolButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

            /**
             * The onClick method is triggered when this button (mDoSomethingCoolButton) is clicked.
             *
             * @param v The view that is clicked. In this case, it's mDoSomethingCoolButton.
             */
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                /*
                 * Storing the Context in a variable in this case is redundant since we could have
                 * just used "this" or "MainActivity.this" in the method call below. However, we
                 * wanted to demonstrate what parameter we were using "MainActivity.this" for as
                 * clear as possible.
                 */
                Context context = MainActivity.this;
                String message = "Button clicked!\nTODO: Start a new Activity and pass some data.";
                Toast.makeText(context, message, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
        });
    }
}