access Global variable from inner Class in android studio

Hi

When I use android in eclipse, I can easily use a global variable (a variable that I have simply declare on the upper part of the Main Class) in an inner class. I just add the name I gave to the parent class to the name of the variable : parent.myVariable

I try to do the same in android studio and I cannot get it to work

Any idea on why it is so ?

cheers