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Grumpy Cat
Grumpy Cat

Reputation: 1249

Why Toast.setGravity() is not working

Hello guys I have 2 versions of Toast like this

version 1:

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"hello",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).setGravity(Gravity.CENTER,0,0).show();

version 2:

Toast t = Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"hello",Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
      t.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER,0,0);
      t.show();

Version 2 works fine but version 1 is not. it gives error cannot resolve method show(). what is going wrong here?

when I write version 1 removing setGravity() method then it works fine

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"hello",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

can you guys explain it.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 7058

Answers (2)

raddevus
raddevus

Reputation: 9077

I was just attempting this while trying to do the extended challenge in the book, Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch

Then I looked up the official docs and learned it is ignored now.

From the official docs, this is a no-op (no operation) when run on newer Android versions.

These are changes that have occurred since the original post.

gravity.setGravity is no-op

Upvotes: 13

Anish Kumar Dubey
Anish Kumar Dubey

Reputation: 402

Toast.makeText(this, getString(R.string.back_not_allowed), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT) returns a Toast instance so you can call show() function on it, but Toast.makeText(this, getString(R.string.back_not_allowed), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show() returns void so you can't use setGravity(Gravity.CENTER,0,0) over it. This is the reason you have to get the instance of Toast in a variable and then use it.

Upvotes: 5

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