java - Casting when migrating to Android Studio -

i'm working on old project built on eclipse , having opened in android studio. built version 1.7, i'm on 1.8, having tried 1.7 no success.

my main problem 3 following errors:

float size = (float) float.parsefloat(v.gettag(r.string.size)); 

error:

error: error:(228, 71) java: incompatible types: java.lang.object cannot converted java.lang.string 

code: int pos = (int) v.gettag(r.string.pos);

error: error:(229, 49) java: incompatible types: java.lang.object cannot converted int 

code:

int parentpos = (int) v.gettag(r.string.parentpos); 

error:

error: error:(234, 63) java: incompatible types: java.lang.object cannot converted int 

i know trying convert object integer. i've tried several possible solutions, had no luck. possible changes in code cannot thing about?

thanks!

v.gettag(r.string.size) returns object. object. need cast explicitly string

float size = (float) float.parsefloat((string)(v.gettag(r.string.size))); 

the second , third weird me. casting object int, should cause first casting integer, , call intvalue() on casted object.

by way, android doesn't support java 1.8