Problems with other errors shown as I do the android video

I get this every time too! The "Hello world!" is in the fragment, not the main and activity_main.xml only contains some <FrameLayout> stuff. I don't know if there's a fix for it as default fragments are a new thing in Eclipse, i.e. after the video was filmed. There may be something in the "Teacher's Notes" section underneath the video.

However, here's what I do to get round the issue:

Copy the .xml from the fragment into the activity_main.xml after deleting the "Hello world!" text in the graphical layout. Delete the existing .xml but preserve the tools:context= line and combine that into the copied code, replacing the mention of fragment placeholder.

Delete fragment_main.xml - this throws a few errors. In MainActivity.java you'll get an error in the onCreate method within the if(savedInstanceState) - delete the 'if' statement completely.

Also, there'll be an error in the same file at about line 58. That'll be looking for R.layout.fragment_main - change that to R.layout.activity_main.

And you're good to go!

Hope that works for you - let me know if not.

Steve.

Hi and thanks for replying.

Somehow I think I made it worst..

I did as you said but now I got two new errors

• Element type "RelativeLayout" must be followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>". - This feels like a formatting error. I tried putting them in one line but it didn't work.
• error: Error parsing XML: not well-formed (invalid token)

The import error though with the Ctrl+Shift+O worked so now I'm left with the hardcoded string warning but as the video suggested I should ignore that..

dang, by following the video I don't think I can move on with the program T_T..

thanks

Post the contents of your XML file - the problem is in there.

Hi,

My apologies if it took this long to reply. So far I just went ahead and follow the video leaving everything at the fragment_view.xml..ignoring all three warnings and so far the ctrl+shift+o ain't working anymore..

wonder if I should really start with this video to learn android programming or start with learning Java and reading them notes..

thanks

Additional Java knowledge won't help solve this, unfortunately - this is an Eclipse thing.

I've done a bit of Java and some of the Android courses on here. I'd just get on with the Android courses, to be honest. You'll gain more from that than from learning Java.

What errors are you getting now?

I see. Guess I can skip another programming/scripting language XD thanks for the advice.

So far, none..continuing on with the videos as much as I can.

I appreciate the replies.