Weather app: J2me constructor

Question

I have a problem with a weather app am working on. The constructor is supposed to create a list but when the app runs, it just shows a blank screen.

ERROR:
';' expected

no suitable constructor found for List(javax.microedition.lcdui.List)
    constructor javax.microedition.lcdui.List.List(java.lang.String,int,java.lang.String[],javax.microedition.lcdui.Image[]) is not applicable
      (actual and formal argument lists differ in length)
    constructor javax.microedition.lcdui.List.List(java.lang.String,int) is not applicable
      (actual and formal argument lists differ in length)

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//class with constructor

public class WeatherMIDlet extends BaseMIDlet implements CommandListener {

private List list3;

private List getWeatherLocationView(List list3) {

        if (weatherConditionSearch == null) {
            weatherConditionSearch = new WeatherConditionSearch(this, list3);
        }
        return weatherConditionSearch; //list should dislay here!
    }

//class where I want to create a list of my local cites

public class WeatherConditionSearch extends List implements CommandListener {

    private Command okCmd, backCmd;
    private TextField locationTfld;
    private BaseMIDlet midlet;
        private List list;

    public WeatherConditionSearch(BaseMIDlet midlet, List list3) //super class is List
{
        super(list3);//error is at this line
        this.midlet = midlet;
        lists();
        addCommand(okCmd);
        addCommand(backCmd);
        setCommandListener(this);
    }

    private void lists() {
            okCmd = new Command("Get", Command.OK, 0);
            backCmd = new Command("Back", Command.BACK, 1);
                if (list == null) {                                 
            list = new List("Cities", Choice.IMPLICIT);                                    
            list.append("Kampala", null);
            list.append("Entebbe", null);
            list.append("Mubende", null);
            list.setCommandListener(this);
            list.setSelectedFlags(new boolean[]{false, false, false});                                  
        }

Answer 1

Superclass for WeatherConditionSearch is List.

You're trying to invoke the List constructor when you call super(list3) , but javax.microedition.lcdui.List.List doesn't have a constructor that accepts a List, see API documentation .

From what you describe, you rather should call the List(String title, int listType, String[] stringElements, Image[] imageElements) constructor, passing it a list of city names.

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