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Rahul Sanap
799 Pointsandroid:background="@android:color/white"
android:background="@android:color/white"
<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:textSize="72sp"
android:background="android:textColor" />
</RelativeLayout>
1 Answer

Gnani Pasupula
3,915 PointsUse this code in XML to change the background color it works. android:background="#ffffff"