Getter and Setter Methods Review

Getter and Setter Methods Review

You’ve been using methods such as setText and setImageResource. These are called setter methods because they are meant to modify or manipulate one value of a view (such as the text or image that it stores). Conventionally they start with the word "set".

There’s also a category of methods called getter methods, whose sole purpose is to "get" one value of a view, such as getting the current text of a view. Conventionally they start with the word "get". We’ll be using some getter methods in this next exercise.