get the Double Value from String

Hi All,

I am not an expert in Java and i'm rather new to Android development as well.

I am unable to extract the double value from a string... here is my code..

Code (Text):

1.  
2.             String str;
3.             double amount;
4.            
5.             final EditText txtAmount = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.entryAmount);
6.             str = txtAmount.getText().toString();
7.  
8.             amount = (double)str;
9. //            amount =   parseDouble(str);
10.  
11.  

I tried to cast by (double) and tried parseDouble. None of my trials are working.

Can you help?

Regards
Joe


Is it a wrong location. Now I think I should posted a level below. But not able to remove !!

 

Thanks JiMMar. Now it works really nice!