Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, Third Edition

5 Your Second Activity

In this chapter, you will add a second activity to GeoQuiz. An activity controls a screen of information, and this activity will add a second screen that offers users a chance to cheat on the current question by showing the answer. Figure 5.1 shows the new activity.

Figure 5.1  CheatActivity offers the chance to peek at the answer

If users choose to view the answer and then return to the QuizActivity and answer the question, they will get a new message, shown in Figure 5.2.

Figure 5.2  QuizActivity knows if you’ve been cheating

Text reads, Canberra is the capital of Australia. Four buttons, ...