The method getText() is undefined for the type String error

Question

 String email = email.getText().toString();

Please help getting error The method getText() is undefined for the type String

Answer 1

It seems that you have shadowed an attribute email by calling a variable with the same name.

Hence email does not reference what you meant anymore (a textfield I suppose) but a String.

You should change the name of your variable.

Answer 2

Change - String email = email.getText().toString() to

String emailStr = email.getText().toString()

Answer 3

Assume the id of your EditText is email. To get the Text of the EditText you can use

String email = ((EditText)findViewById(R.id.email)).getText().toString();