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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) User Input Introducing ImageViews

Posted by Jaymes Young
Jaymes Young
36,282 Points

Content_main.xml and Activity_main.xml. Which one should I be using. Activity main is unresponsive. Content main is not.

The video doesn't have content_main.xml, but that is the one that I can interact with. I cannot interact with activity_main.xml, however that is the one the video is telling me to do things with. I don't want to start off a new project working with the wrong activity.

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

It's one of the changes made to Android Studio since the video was made. The starting template for a "blank activity" gives you two layout files now, instead of one. The activity_main.xml is the "outer" part of the activity layout (toolbar, action button, etc.) and content_main.xml is the inner part where you put your own layout (the blank space). So you should usually be working with content_main.xml where Ben is woking with activity_main.xml in this lesson.

Jaymes Young
Jaymes Young
36,282 Points
Jaymes Young
Jaymes Young
36,282 Points

Thank your for such a quick replay. I will work with content_main.xml. Once again, thanks for the help I thought I might have to wait a day or two to get an answer.