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Android Styles and Themes in Android Using Styles in Layouts Styling EditTexts and Buttons

shahaf cohen
shahaf cohen
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Posted by shahaf cohen
shahaf cohen
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receiving this error - Bummer! Don't forget to include 'android:layout_alignParentLeft' in the style!

I did put it in the style but I still receive this error. can't move forword...

styles.xml 
<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <style name="CustomEditText">
    <item name="android:layout_width=">match_parent</item>
    <item name="android:layout_height=">wrap_content</item>
    <item name="android:layout_alignParentLeft=">true</item>
    <item name="android:hint=">@string/hint_name</item>
    <item name="android:textSize=">20sp</item>
    <item name="android:textColor=">@color/dark_green</item>
  </style>
</resources>
activity_main.xml 
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/nameField"
        style="@style/CustomEditText"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"/>

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/cityField"
        android:layout_below="@id/nameField"
        style="@style/CustomEditText"/>

</RelativeLayout>

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! I suspect something happened when you were copying and pasting because each one of your items has an extra equals sign before the closing quotation marks. Take a look:

// What you typed
<item name="android:layout_width=">match_parent</item>

// Should look like
<item name="android:layout_width">match_parent</item>

However, when you fix this part there will be something else you'll need to fix, but I'll let the challenge explain that.

Hope this helps! :sparkles: