Get Value of a Edit Text field

Question

I am learning how to create UI elements. I have created a few EditText input fields. On the click of a Button I want to capture the content typed into that input field.

Answer 1

You might also want to take a look at Butter Knife. It aims at reducing the amount of boilerplate code by using annotation. Here is a simple example:

public class ExampleActivity extends ActionBarActivity {

    @InjectView(R.id.name)
    EditText nameEditText;

    @InjectView(R.id.email)
    EditText emailEditText;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_example);
        Butterknife.inject(this);
    }

    @OnClick(R.id.submit)
    public void onSubmit() {
         Editable name = nameEditText.getText();
         Editable email = emailEditText.getText();
    }
}

Just add the following dependency to your build.gradle:

compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:x.y.z'

As an alternative there is also AndroidAnnotations.