Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

8Creating User Interfaces with Layouts and Widgets

In this chapter, you will learn more about layouts and widgets while adding a crime’s date and status to CriminalIntent.

Upgrading Crime

Open Crime.java and add two new fields. The Date field represents the date a crime occurred. The boolean field represents whether the crime has been solved.

Listing 8.1  Adding more fields to Crime (Crime.java)

public class Crime {
    private UUID mId;
    private String mTitle;
    private Date mDate;
    private boolean mSolved;

    public Crime() {
        mId = UUID.randomUUID();
        mDate = new Date();
    }

   ...
}

Initializing the Date variable using the default Date constructor sets mDate to the current date. This will be the default date for a crime.

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