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Android Build a Simple Android App Creating the Screen Layout Adding a Button

In my android i see a clear description of how want my app to look but when i run the button is on top of my text

my android studio design shows a very good and clear display of how my app is gonna look but when i run it in my emulator and tab i find my button over the text field which is also out of position

3 Answers

Ashraf Rahman
Ashraf Rahman
6,111 Points

have a look at your constraints, you may be missing some

i only did what was told in the above video ...is it maybe because i have the latest development kit and not the one they are using...

my new version has a lot more coding added like tools:layout_editor_absoluteX....which is not present in the video....please help me