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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) User Input Using RelativeLayouts and ImageViews

Posted by sachin Madishetty
sachin Madishetty
453 Points

help iam unable to under stand

!!!

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

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/captionField"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:hint="Enter a caption" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:src="@drawable/grumpy_cat" />

</RelativeLayout>

1 Answer

Luis Cole
Luis Cole
17,228 Points
Luis Cole
Luis Cole
17,228 Points

The first objective of this challenge is to align the EditText to the top of the parent. You will need to use this atribute

android:layout_alignParentTop

and set it to true like in:

android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"