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

Posted by Roman Zywicki
Roman Zywicki
Courses Plus Student 325 Points

Easy assignment and I'm doing what I have to, but it doesn't work.

Background color of the relative layout should be dark pink #fff092b0. What is wrong?

activity_main.xml 
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:background="@android:color/#fff092b0" >

  <TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:textColor = "@android:color/white"
    android:text="Treehouse loves me!"
    android:textSize="72sp" />

</RelativeLayout>

1 Answer

faraz
PLUS
faraz
Courses Plus Student 21,474 Points
faraz
faraz
Courses Plus Student 21,474 Points

Roman, You are setting your background color incorrectly.

Change this:

android:background="@android:color/#fff092b0" >

to this:

android:background="#fff092b0" >

Hope that helps! :)

Roman Zywicki
Roman Zywicki
Courses Plus Student 325 Points

Thanks it works. :)