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Android

Posted by Lyric Abbott
Lyric Abbott
35,595 Points

how do you do this?

We just saw how adding a Button generates the XML for us. Now let's write the XML by hand. Start simple by adding a Button element. Copy and paste the TextView element and just change 'TextView' to 'Button'.

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-simple-android-app-new/creating-the-screen-layout/adding-a-button-2

1 Answer

Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points
Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points

Hello,

All you need to do is write:

  <TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

  <Button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

Creating a TextView or a Button are exactly the same in XML so, all you need to do is copy the TextView object then paste it but, replace its type with "Button" instead :)