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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) User Input Using RelativeLayouts and ImageViews

Reagan Tumalon
Reagan Tumalon
712 Points
Posted by Reagan Tumalon
Reagan Tumalon
712 Points

android:layout_below - what am i missing out here

So i have been stuck here on how to make the ImagView positioned directly below the EditText using the android:layout_below attribute and using the id set on the EditText.

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

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/captionField"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:hint="Enter a caption" />


    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_below="@+id/captionField"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:src="@drawable/grumpy_cat" />

</RelativeLayout>

2 Answers

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

The problem is the id value you use @+id/captionField when you reference an existing id you are not meant to add the + symbol between @ and id. The + is used to tell android that you are creating a new id, rather than referencing an existing one. If you drop it like this:

<ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_below="@id/captionField"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:src="@drawable/grumpy_cat" />

Then your code will pass the task.

Reagan Tumalon
Reagan Tumalon
712 Points
Reagan Tumalon
Reagan Tumalon
712 Points

Thank you for the answer.