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Android

error: Error: String types not allowed (at 'baselineAligned' with value '_baseline').

Have this error popping up need some help and an explanation so i can understand what i did wrong here. it started when i watched the Animating the Crystal ball video.

20 <LinearLayout 21 android:layout_width="match_parent" 22 android:layout_height="wrap_content" 23 android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" 24 android:layout_centerVertical="true" 25 android:baselineAligned="_baseline" -----THIS line gets Error code----- 26 android:gravity="center_horizontal" 27 android:orientation="horizontal" 28 android:weightSum="1" >

<LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_centerVertical="true" android:baselineAligned="_baseline" android:gravity="center_horizontal" android:orientation="horizontal" android:weightSum="1" >

2 Answers

Sorry guys i got it had to set it to True

Justin Horner
STAFF
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hello Phillip,

Glad you found the issue! Generally these error messages related to errors in resource xml files so if you ever encounter an error like this again make sure to look over recent changes in those files.

Happy coding!