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Suragch
Suragch

Reputation: 511896

Android Editable is abstract; cannot be instantiated

I'm creating an EditText subclass and I want to make an Editable variable to pass to the super class.

When I originally tried

private Editable unicodeText = new Editable();

I got the error

'Editable' is abstract; cannot be instantiated

Searching for this error in Google did not return any helpful results, so now that I have found the answer I am adding this question with an answer below.

Upvotes: -1

Views: 1276

Answers (1)

Suragch
Suragch

Reputation: 511896

Editable is an interface, not a class, and as such cannot be instantiated.

Interfaces cannot be instantiated—they can only be implemented by classes or extended by other interfaces. (docs)

However, the class SpannableStringBuilder implements Editable so you can do the following:

private Editable unicodeText = new SpannableStringBuilder();

Thanks to this answer for setting me on the right track.

Upvotes: 1

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