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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Creating the Screen Layout Adding a Button

adding a button

remember to add a button how do i add button

activity_main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent" >

  <TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

  <button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />


</RelativeLayout>

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

Capitalization matters, so you should have Button instead of button.

MUZ140831 Blessing Funani

Java is case-sensitive. So it's important that write code in that way. Like the

//Notice how it is written like TextView and not like textview. Java interprets it 
//as two totally different things.

<TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />


//Now as for the button, that should be adjusted since you wrote it like this
<button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />