8x8 TicTacToe

Question

For my assignment, I am trying to make an 8x8 TicTacToe using a GUI. So far, here is most of my code:
private void resetBoard(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
for (JButton[] row : buttons) {
for (JButton cell : row) {
cell.setEnabled(true);
cell.setText("");
}
}
}
private void selectButtons(JButton button) {
//JButton temp;
//temp = (JButton) evt.getSource();
if (button.getText().equals("")) {
if (xTurn) {
button.setText(user1);
checkForWinner(user1);
yTurn = false;
oTurn = true;
xTurn = false;
} else if (oTurn) {
button.setText(user2);
checkForWinner(user2);
yTurn = true;
xTurn = false;
oTurn = false;
} else {
button.setText(user3);
checkForWinner(user3);
oTurn = false;
yTurn = false;
xTurn = true;
}
button.setEnabled(false);
}
}
private void checkForWinner(String player) {
String xos = "";
// place all the rows in the string for winner checking
for (JButton[] row : buttons) {
for (JButton cell : row) {
xos = xos + cell.getText();
}
xos += ",";
}
// do the columns
for (int col = 0; col < 8; col++) {
for (int row = 0; row < 8; row++) {
xos = xos + buttons[row][col].getText();
}
xos += ",";
}
There are a couple of issues though. One being that it shows the winner only if a player places 3 marks adjacent to one another in a single line instead of 4. Also when restarting the game, player 1 (or user1) should always start first. Can someone explain to me what I am missing? And Sololearn didn't let me paste all of my code because it's long!

Answer 1

Thank you Mirielle! I’ll implement your logic into my assignment. You’re awesome! 😁👍