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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) User Input Using RelativeLayouts and ImageViews

Bowei Yu
Bowei Yu
3,127 Points
Posted by Bowei Yu
Bowei Yu
3,127 Points

[scaleType] Keeps telling me previous task no longer passing, but get back it actually pass. Can't figure this out!

I tried to write my own code but it keeps telling me something wrong in the previous task. But when I went to previous one and recheck it passed. Getting really confused! Also tried to copy the exact code from Android Studio and no luck =[ Please help!

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/captionField"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:hint="Enter a caption" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_below="@+id/captionField"
        android:scaleType="fitXY"
        android:src="@drawable/grumpy_cat" />

</RelativeLayout>

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

android:layout_below="@+id/captionField" should be android:layout_below="@id/captionField" without the plus sign. The difference is that @+id should only be used the first time to create the id and rest of the time you reference it with @id instead. Using @+id subsequently may work some of the time but it's rather glitchy.