Android: cannot convert from String to Editable

Question

A quick question:

I am getting the error : cannot convert from String to Editable. Here is the code :

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Answer 1

For anyone interested in converting a String to Editable

Editable.Factory.getInstance().newEditable("myString");

From the docs, append is

Convenience for append(String.valueOf(text)).