You actually have 4 items
variables in your code, each one with a very limited scope (only the code-block of the respective if
).
Instead you’ll want to create one variable with a bigger scope:
if (i == 0) {
final CharSequence[] items;
if (j == 0) {
items = new CharSequence[] {"4:45", "5:00"};
} else if (j == 1) {
items = new CharSequence[] {"4:43", "4:58"};
} else if (j == 2) {
items = new CharSequence[] {"4:41", "4:56"};
} else {
items = new CharSequence[] {"4:38", "4:53"};
}
// you can use items here
}
Edit: I forgot that the new CharSequence[]
is necessary here. You can leave it out if you initialize the variable during declaration, but here you moved the declaration out and use a simple assignment to set a value. For some reason the short syntax of defining an array is only valid in an initializaton statement (i.e. in an assignment that is in the same statement as the declaration).