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Android Build a Self-Destructing Message Android App Starting the App Adding the Login Screen

Posted by Balnur Duisenbayeva
Balnur Duisenbayeva
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changing ribbit project's android version

Hello teamtreehouse! I am currently trying to begin learning ribbit project, but confused about using fragments which are not used in the tutorials. May I use older versions of android, lets say, 3.0 and do the same stuff as Ben?

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Masum Bergmann
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Masum Bergmann
Courses Plus Student 4,129 Points
Masum Bergmann
Masum Bergmann
Courses Plus Student 4,129 Points

What I think is happening to you is that eclipse generates (unwanted) fragments whenever you create an activity (which does not happen with Ben's version of eclipse). This has nothing to do with the Android version, but everything to do with the Eclipse version.

There is a simple fix...

  1. Go to your unwanted newFragment_layout xml view. Copy the code.

  2. Go to newActivity_layout xml view, and paste the code (overwriting the existing code)

  3. Delete the newFragment_layout, and delete the code referring to that fragment inside the NewActivity.java file.

A more detailed description is given by Ben here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22289164/adt-blank-activity-created-with-fragment-activity

Hope this helps!