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

Posted by Donald Beaudin
Donald Beaudin
4,461 Points

I don't understand how to change it?

Challenge task 2, The ? is "Now let's change the background color of the whole RelativeLayout to a dark pink. Use the code #fff092b0"?

1 Answer

Bryan Wiedeman
Bryan Wiedeman
10,203 Points

So, currently the color of the relativeLayout is set with the line

android:background="@android:color/white"

this is calling an android system color. if you change it to 

android:background="#fff092b0"

you'll be assigning it the objective, hexadecimal value for a specific shade of dark pink.