[Solved] Can’t referr to my get method

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A simple answer is “statements are not allowed in class body”. The simplest fix for you program would be creating an instance list variable like.

private class ScreenSlidePagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {   
    final SayingsHolder holder = (SayingsHolder).getApplication();
    ArrayList<String> sayingsList = holder.getSayingsList();
}

This is just one option. You can move this holder.getSayingsList(); to a method body or static block as well.
Like all the other answeres the issue with you program was a syntax error.

As per Java syntax a class body can have member declaration, static block, method declaration, another class declaration, constructor etc. You could read about this on http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-18.html. This may be confusing so first refer http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-2.html. This gives an idea about each notations.

public class ScreenSlidePagerAdapter {
    // This is a member declaration. So "holder" is now a class member.
    final SayingsHolder holder = (SayingsHolder).getApplication();

    // This is a constructor
    public ScreenSlidePagerAdapter(){
    }

    // An inner class
    class InnerScreenSlidePagerAdapter{
    }

    // A method
    public void aMethod() {
    }

    // This is a static block
    static {
    }

}

All these are valid to be used inside a class. But in your case you are trying to add a statement to a class body. That is not as per syntax rules

private class ScreenSlidePagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {       
    final SayingsHolder holder = (SayingsHolder).getApplication(); //This line a member declaration. And a valid sysntax. So no issues here

    holder.getSayingsList(); // This is a statement. So this line creates issue as its not part of a class body. 
                // Statements should be enclosed within a method body or static block or for an assigment.

    //But instead if you say it like
    List<String> sayingsList = holder.getSayingsList(); // Now it became a filed(member) declaration. You are trying to declare a member names "sayingsList" just like you created "holder" above
    //So now we converted the statement to a member declaration
}

Hope this helps

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