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Android

Matthew McGuff
Matthew McGuff
4,355 Points
Posted by Matthew McGuff
Matthew McGuff
4,355 Points

Why not: fact = (String) randomNumber?

It clear from the auto correction in Android studio that this isn't possible but on not sure why? Seems like these should be compatible types seeing as the

randomNumber + " "

forces the int to become a string. Why does casting not work here when it seems to be performing something of a cast the concat?

Matthew McGuff
Matthew McGuff
4,355 Points
Matthew McGuff
Matthew McGuff
4,355 Points

Answered my own question. This is possible but not with the syntax used above. you would want to use:

fact = String.valueOf(randomNumber);

Will test further but this seems like would work just the same. Let me know if you reach a different conclusion. Found the answer below:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15836797/android-how-to-convert-int-to-string