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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Creating the Screen Layout Using a Fullscreen Theme

Button

The button doesn't actually "press" when I click on it

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:background="#ff51b46d">

    <TextView
        android:text="Did you know?"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="24sp" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning"
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:textSize="24sp" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Show Another Fun Fact"
        android:id="@+id/showFactButton"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:background="@android:color/white" />

</RelativeLayout>

1 Answer

The button in the fun facts app does not have different states (default, focused, pressed) so the appearance will not change when you click on it.

Thanks, hmmm...I could of sworn that the button actually acted like a button that way when I 1st ran the program...Ah well cheers