Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 2nd Edition

Making Toasts

Now to make the buttons fully armed and operational. You are going to have a press of each button trigger a pop-up message called a toast. A toast is a short message that informs the user of something but does not require any input or action. You are going to make toasts that announce whether the user answered correctly or incorrectly (Figure 1.14).

Figure 1.14  A toast providing feedback

First, return to strings.xml and add the string resources that your toasts will display.

Listing 1.11  Adding toast strings (strings.xml)

<resources> <string name="app_name">GeoQuiz</string> <string name="question_text">Constantinople ...