What does the following code do in Android

Question

button.setOnClickListner(new View.OnclickListner()){
@override
public void onClick(View v){
doSomething() ;
}
}) ;

I have problen understanding the syntax of the papamter that is sent to the setOnClickListner function.

Answer 1

Thanks, But what's the type of the argument to setOnClickListner? What is the new statement creating?

Edit: {
After installing Android Studio and checking out the types, it seems the "new" statement is creating an instance of an anonymous class of type: Interface View.OnClickListner and overrides the OnClick method.
}

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Answer 2

onClickListener is used to listen the events of a particular input device i.e mouse or keyboard ..like mousePressed,keyPressed etc.. onClick is a method which u override to ur needs accordingly i.e what action has to be performed when u click on a button i.e tap a button ..doSomething is a method u r calling which is the code supposed to work when u click the button