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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Creating the Screen Layout Setting Colors

Omar Tsai
Omar Tsai
1,704 Points
Posted by Omar Tsai
Omar Tsai
1,704 Points

Cant finish the question

I cant finish the question for the colors. It keeps saying i did it wrong when i did it right

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

Can you share what you have written with us?

Omar Tsai
Omar Tsai
1,704 Points
Omar Tsai
Omar Tsai
1,704 Points

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="#ffffff" >

<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:textColor="#ffffff" />

</RelativeLayout>

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

I don't see anything. Mark it down. Add ```java in the line before the code, click enter, paste the code, again press enter and end it with 3 backticks again.

Omar Tsai
Omar Tsai
1,704 Points
Omar Tsai
Omar Tsai
1,704 Points

RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="#ffffff" >

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:textColor="#ffffff" />

RelativeLayout

1 Answer

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

Hi Omar the problem is it wants you to change the color to white the same way it has set the background to white. It didn't ask you to change the layout background value to #ffff.... So what it asks is this

android:textColor="@android:color/white"

You have to do exactly what it asks, because if you do something else than what your question asks, even though it might be right it considers it "wrong".

I hope this helps.