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Trying to add multiple checkbox into an array on Android Studio

Im doing an App on Android Studio and im trying to add all my checkbox IDs into an array, so i can use it , without doing it manually.
I tried to do it on another way, but i didn´t find nothing on google that help me,
So here is my goal:
I want to get all my Checkbox ids, so i can get their text. And i don´t want to do it manually because i got alot of checkboxs.
I tried to write a code by myself but i´m getting an message error.
Here is my code:
CheckBox[] MinhaCheckBox;
SharedPreferences Dados;
String MinhaPasta = "Pasta";
String valor;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
public void btn_Gerar(View v)
{
Dados = getSharedPreferences(MinhaPasta,0);
SharedPreferences.Editor Edita = Dados.edit();
int IDTexBoz[] = {R.id.checkBox,R.id.checkBox2,R.id.checkBox3,R.id.checkBox4,R.id.checkBox5,
R.id.checkBox6,R.id.checkBox7,R.id.checkBox8};
for(int i = 0 ; i < IDTexBoz.length; i++)
{
*//I GOT AN ERRO HERE. please help me.*
* // when i try to put mycheckbox on my array, i got th error!*
MinhaCheckBox[i] = (CheckBox)findViewById(IDTexBoz[i]);
}
for (int a= 0; a < MinhaCheckBox.length;a++)
{
if(MinhaCheckBox[a].isChecked())
valor += MinhaCheckBox[a].getText().toString() + ";";
}
Edita.putString("Dado", valor);
Edita.commit();
Intent MeuIntent = new Intent(this,Main2Activity.class);
startActivity(MeuIntent);
}
}

You need to initialize your checkbox array.

Maybe this example could help, you don't need to store the ID name, do something like this..
for(int i=1;i<=12 ;i++){
int resID = getResources().getIdentifier("checkBox"+i, "id",getPackageName());
CheckBox cb = (CheckBox) findViewById(resID);
//Handle cb object here
}

It's Very Simple.
int IDTexBoz[] = {R.id.checkBox,R.id.checkBox2,R.id.checkBox3,R.id.checkBox4,R.id.checkBox5,
R.id.checkBox6,R.id.checkBox7,R.id.checkBox8};
//Here is code for array initialization.
MinhaCheckBox = new CheckBox[IDTexBoz.length];

Edit text of several buttons using a for loop

I have 16 buttons, whose names are "button1", "button2", and so on. Is there a way I can iterate through them using a for loop, by somehow appending the number value upon each iteration? Something like this:
for(int i = 1; i<17; i++ ){
Button b = (Button)findViewById(R.id.buttoni);
I know I can simply initialize each button in my onCreate() method, but I was just curious if I could do it in a way similar to my example code.
Thank you.

You can use getIdentifier :
for(int i = 1; i<17; i++ ){
int buttonId = getResources().getIdentifier("button"+i, "id", getPackageName());
Button b = (Button)findViewById(buttonId);
//Your stuff with the button
}

You can create an array of Button's and use getIdentifier method that allows you to get an identifier by its name.
final int number = 17;
final Button[] buttons = new Button[number];
final Resources resources = getResources();
for (int i = 0; i < number; i++) {
final String name = "btn" + (i + 1);
final int id = resources.getIdentifier(name, "id", getPackageName());
buttons[i] = (Button) findViewById(id);
}
In case someone is interested how to achive the same result using Java only
The solution above uses Android specific methods (such as getResources, getIdentifier) and can not be used in usual Java, but we can use a reflection and write a method that works like a getIdentifier:
public static int getIdByName(final String name) {
try {
final Field field = R.id.class.getDeclaredField(name);
field.setAccessible(true);
return field.getInt(null);
} catch (Exception ignore) {
return -1;
}
}
And then:
final Button[] buttons = new Button[17];
for (int i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
buttons[i] = (Button) findViewById(getIdByName("btn" + (i + 1)));
}
NOTE:
Instead of optimizing this kind of code you should rethink your layout. If you have 17 buttons on the screen, a ListView is probably the better solution. You can access the items via index and handle onClick events just like with the buttons.

Looping through two views to check for equality

I have two identical views with a number of editTexts. In one, pre-defined answers are populated in the editTexts (but not shown to the user). In the second, the user starts with all blank editTexts, and then fills them out in an attempt to make them the same as the pre-defined answers.
So I want to loop through the user's view, checking it against the pre-defined one, until an inequality is found, in which case the method will return false.
My code is below. Inside the onCreate I have a buttonListener (when the user is ready to check answers)
btnSolution.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if(checkAnswer() == true){
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "all good!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
else {
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "no good", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
});
the checkAnswer() method is then defined as follows
public boolean checkAnswer() {
final int ROW_COUNT = 15;
final int COL_COUNT = 10;
final String ROWS[] = {"R1","R2","R3","R4","R5","R6","R7","R8","R9","R10","R11","R12","R13","R14","R15"};
final String COLS[] = {"C1","C2","C3","C4","C5","C6","C7","C8","C9","C10"};
for(int i=0; i<ROW_COUNT; i++) {
for(int j=0; j<COL_COUNT; j++) {
String a = ROWS[i];
String b = COLS[j];
int editTextBaseId = getResources().getIdentifier("box" + a + b, "id", getPackageName());
int editTextAnswerId = getResources().getIdentifier("boxA" + a + b, "id", getPackageName());
EditText editTextBase = (EditText)findViewById(editTextBaseId);
EditText editTextAnswer = (EditText)findViewById(editTextAnswerId);
String textBase = editTextBase.getText().toString();
String textAnswer = editTextAnswer.getText().toString();
if(textBase.equals(textAnswer)) {
}
else {
return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}
Unfortunately when I try and run this I am getting a crash and the following error in my LogCat
12-17 00:05:02.075: E/SKIA(16370): FimgApiStretch:stretch failed
Any obvious errors?

That's not an error itself. I guess you're using a Samsung as your target device, if so, don't worry about it.
In the other hand, maybe it's better to compare only the strings. All those findViewById are inneficient.
Looking at your code:
EditText editTextAnswer = (EditText)findViewById(editTextAnswerId);
Do you have both views in the same layout, and the one with the answers is hidden? I mean, if you have the view with blank editTexts as the content of your activity, you can't find the editText with the answer as it's in other xml (assuming you did it as a different xml).

Dynamic Button Onclick Listener

I am trying to create dynamic buttons. When clicking a button it should go to the specified url assigned to the text of the button.
For testing, first I tried to get that ID, if it is equal it prints the value of i. But whenever I clicked any one button, instead of telling that particular i value, it enters into whole loop, and prints all the values of i starting from 1 to 19 (the number of buttons that are dynamically created)
And after printing all values from 1 to 19, the program is getting force closed saying Null pointer exception.
I even tried by placing the handler code outside onCreate(), but I'm still getting the same error.
for ( i = 0; i <itemList.getTitle().size()-1; i++) {
title[i] = new TextView(this);
title[i].setTextColor( -16711936 );
title[i].setTextSize(18);
title[i].setText("Title = "+itemList.getTitle().get(i));
description[i] = new TextView(this);
description[i].setTextColor(-16776961);
description[i].setText("Description = "+itemList.getDescription().get(i)+"......");
more[i]=new Button(this);
more[i].setText(itemList.getLink().get(i));
layout.addView(title[i]);
System.out.println("Title view is set");
layout.addView(description[i]);
//System.out.println("Description view is set");
layout.addView(more[i]);
more[i].setOnClickListener(listener);
}
private OnClickListener listener=new OnClickListener(){
public void onClick(View arg) {
int index = 0;
for (i = 0; i < more.length; i++)
{
if (more[i].getId() == arg.getId())
{
index = i;
System.out.println("Value of i onclick is"+i);
}
}
//System.out.println("Vlaue of I in onclick"+i);
//Uri uri=Uri.parse(itemList.getLink().get(i));
//startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,uri));
//Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "This button is clicked"+i+more[i].getText()+itemList.getLink().get(i),Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}

You can use setTag() and getTag() method of View to identify different button.
for (i = 0; i < itemList.getTitle().size()-1; i++) {
...
more[i].setTag(i); // Use index of itemList as the tag
}
In onClick:
int index = (Integer)arg.getTag();

you can also set the id of button
more[i].setid(i);

int index = 0;
for (i = 0; i < more.length; i++)
{
if (more[i].getId() == arg.getId())
{
index = i;
System.out.println("Value of i onclick is"+i);
}
}
As you can see here, i is still in your for loop.
Put the System.out.println("Value of i onclick is"+i); outside of your for loop and it should work
PS: format your code, it's easier to read that way and you'll notice small mistakes like these more easily

I think this will help you..
set button tag also dynamic like
more[i].setId(i);
and also changed condition like
if (more[i].getId() == i) {
index = i;
}
hope this will help you...

Android: Using findViewById() with a string / in a loop

I'm making an android application, where there is a view composed of hundreds of buttons, each with a specific callback. Now, I'd like to set these callbacks using a loop, instead of having to write hundreds of lines of code (for each one of the buttons).
My question is: How can I use findViewById without statically having to type in each button id?
Here is what I would like to do:
for(int i=0; i<some_value; i++) {
for(int j=0; j<some_other_value; j++) {
String buttonID = "btn" + i + "-" + j;
buttons[i][j] = ((Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonID));
buttons[i][j].setOnClickListener(this);
}
}
Thanks in advance!

You should use getIdentifier()
for(int i=0; i<some_value; i++) {
for(int j=0; j<some_other_value; j++) {
String buttonID = "btn" + i + "-" + j;
int resID = getResources().getIdentifier(buttonID, "id", getPackageName());
buttons[i][j] = ((Button) findViewById(resID));
buttons[i][j].setOnClickListener(this);
}
}

You can try making an int[] that holds all of your button IDs, and then iterate over that:
int[] buttonIDs = new int[] {R.id.button1ID, R.id.button2ID, R.id.button3ID, ... }
for(int i=0; i<buttonIDs.length; i++) {
Button b = (Button) findViewById(buttonIDs[i]);
b.setOnClickListener(this);
}

Take a look at these answers:
Android and getting a view with id cast as a string
Array of ImageButtons, assign R.view.id from a variable

you can Use tag if you want to access.
in onClick
int i=Integer.parseInt(v.getTag);
But you cant access that button like this.
simply create button programatically
by Button b=new Button(this);

create Custom Button in java code rather in Xml as i shown below
Button bs_text[]= new Button[some_value];
for(int z=0;z<some_value;z++)
{
try
{
bs_text[z] = (Button) new Button(this);
}
catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)
{
Log.d("ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException",e.toString());
}
}

If your top level view only has those button views as children, you could do
for (int i = 0 ; i < yourView.getChildCount(); i++) {
Button b = (Button) yourView.getChildAt(i);
b.setOnClickListener(xxxx);
}
If there are more views present you'd need to check if the selected one is one of your buttons.

If for some reason you can't use the getIdentifier() function and/or you know the possible id's beforehand, you could use a switch.
int id = 0;
switch(name) {
case "x":
id = R.id.x;
break;
etc.etc.
}
String value = findViewById(id);

To put it simply, here's a function for it
public View findViewByArrayName (String name, int i) {
buttonID = name + Integer.toString(i);
resID = getResources().getIdentifier(buttonID, "id", getPackageName());
return findViewById(resID);
}
Also unlike Python, Java is a compiled language, so it probably makes sense that there aren't any chances for dynamic variable names. Unless achieved through a certain approach like this one.