Converting TextView to String (kind of) Android

Question

I have an object on my main.xml layout file called thefact that is TextView. I also have a string called sharefact. I want to save what text is in the TextView into the sharefact string. I can't do:

sharefact = thefact

Or anything similar to that because it would want me to convert sharefact into a textview.

Thanks!

score 39 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 17 '15 at 08:25

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Getting text from a TextView returns CharSequence. To convert CharSequence to String, toString() function is used.

String sharedFact = theFact.getText().toString();

edited Dec 17 '15 at 08:25

Damian Kozlak

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answered Oct 14 '10 at 04:39

kiki

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How is this done using Kotlin? – Adan Vivero Nov 07 '21 at 22:38
It doesn't work. Please check my problem. [Here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71899667/trying-to-get-calendar-data-into-a-string#71899667) – Uncle Roger Apr 17 '22 at 06:46

score 37 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '10 at 23:31

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TextView theFact = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.theFact);
String shareFact = theFact.getText().toString();

answered Oct 13 '10 at 23:31

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Thanks... again! You answered my last question too! – Keenan Thompson Oct 13 '10 at 23:32
It doesn't work. Please check my problem. [Here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71899667/trying-to-get-calendar-data-into-a-string#71899667) – Uncle Roger Apr 17 '22 at 06:47

Converting TextView to String (kind of) Android

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