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Android Build a Simple Android App with Java Creating the Screen Layout Setting Colors

Posted by Nkosinolwazi Moyo
Nkosinolwazi Moyo
9,588 Points

Android text colour

I don't know here, where am I missing it?

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




  <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:textColour="@android:color/white" 
    android:textSize="72sp" />

</RelativeLayout>

1 Answer

Yusuf Mohamed
Yusuf Mohamed
2,631 Points
Yusuf Mohamed
Yusuf Mohamed
2,631 Points

Just a simple spelling error. I suppose where you live you spell colour with an u but in android studio you should spell it without the u (color) since that's the American way of spelling it and this software has been created by an American company