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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) Finishing the User Interface Customizing a Button

Posted by khaled Ahmed
khaled Ahmed
Courses Plus Student 2,066 Points

Button background

Really i am running Android Studio 1.0.1

The button in this version has outline form it's bottom , right and lift sides , So when i try to mach the button color with the background (as Mr.ben did in the example Story ) these outlines still appear and i cant show just the button text ,

i also downloaded the project from the side , and the same result , So i think that it's from the version .

Please if there is a way to change the style of the button to has the same effect for this project

Thanks in advance

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

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/thrustButton"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:text="@string/thrust_label" />

</RelativeLayout>
khaled Ahmed
khaled Ahmed
Courses Plus Student 2,066 Points

oooh , when i lunch the app in Emulater the button goes like we want (without outline) but , why that happened in the Android studio ??

Josh Gold
Josh Gold
12,207 Points
Josh Gold
Josh Gold
12,207 Points

Hello Khaled, I'm not sure why this happened, but the preview you see in the Android Studio can be slightly different from the preview you see in an emulator, which can be different from a real device. From most accurate to least accurate here is the least in my opinion:

  1. A real device (naturally)
  2. Emulator
  3. Preview in Android Studio

You may also want to upgrade your Android Studio to 1.1.0.