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Android

Phil White
PLUS
Phil White
Courses Plus Student 9,519 Points
Posted by Phil White
Phil White
Courses Plus Student 9,519 Points

Android Development, Creating The Screen Layout, Challenge task 2 of 2

Now let's change the background color of the whole RelativeLayout to a dark pink. Use the code #fff092b0.

This is what i put:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:background="@android:color/#fff092b0" >

  <TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:text="Treehouse loves me!"
    android:textSize="72sp"
    android:textColor="@android:color/white" /> 

</RelativeLayout>

What am i doing wrong?

1 Answer

Justin Horner
STAFF
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Justin Horner
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hello Phil,

In your code you are referencing the available android colors, but instead you want to specify a color you want for the background, not a pre-determined color built into Android.

To set the background to the value provided by the challenge, it would follow this format.

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:background="#ffffffff">

...

</RelativeLayout>

I hope this helps.

Phil White
Phil White
Courses Plus Student 9,519 Points
Phil White
Phil White
Courses Plus Student 9,519 Points

Oh i see! I knew it would be something simple, Thank you Justin Horner the help is really appreciated