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

Posted by Grayson Bianco
Grayson Bianco
Courses Plus Student 1,218 Points

How do I change the button text from all caps to lowercase?

By doing everything correctly in the videos so far, and editing all string values through the string.xml, the text in the button is in all Caps. How do I change it into a normal text scheme?

1 Answer

Brett Huber
Brett Huber
13,479 Points
Brett Huber
Brett Huber
13,479 Points

Hello,

Most likely the reason why it is always printing the text of the button to be in CAPS is because it is set that way in the theme your app is using.

With that being said, in the .xml file for the button try adding this:

android:textAllCaps="false"
Grayson Bianco
Grayson Bianco
Courses Plus Student 1,218 Points

It worked! Thank you! Now, I am assuming that I am going to have to do this for all future buttons, but is there a point where I can modify the theme to have this permanently set in the future? I am definitely not there yet, and I am more than OK adding that line in with other buttons :)