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Android

Posted by Subham Agarwal
Subham Agarwal
Courses Plus Student 3,812 Points

setContentView() fails to create the layout causing the app to crash

This is the layout file which I have set using the setContentView() in onCreate() method of Android. It is a long code use to create a Tic Tac Toe. I have used log messages, done debugging and used toast messages but the setContentView() fails to draw the layout.Thanks in advance. Here is the Code.

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context="game.tictactoe.Game">

<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="350dp"
    android:layout_height="340dp"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_marginTop="52dp">

    <Button
        android:layout_width="115dp"
        android:layout_height="115dp"
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:onClick="click"
        android:textSize="90sp"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="115dp"
        android:layout_height="115dp"
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:onClick="click"
        android:textSize="90sp"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="115dp"
        android:layout_height="115dp"
        android:id="@+id/button3"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:onClick="click"
        android:textSize="90sp"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="115dp"
        android:layout_height="115dp"
        android:id="@+id/button5"
        android:textSize="90sp"
        android:onClick="click"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="115dp"
        android:layout_height="115dp"
        android:id="@+id/button8"
        android:textSize="90sp"
        android:onClick="click"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="115dp"
        android:layout_height="115dp"
        android:id="@+id/button4"
        android:onClick="click"
        android:textSize="90sp"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="115dp"
        android:layout_height="115dp"
        android:id="@+id/button6"
        android:onClick="click"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:textSize="90sp"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="115dp"
        android:layout_height="115dp"
        android:id="@+id/button7"
        android:onClick="click"
        android:textSize="90sp"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="115dp"
        android:layout_height="115dp"
        android:id="@+id/button9"
        android:textSize="90sp"
        android:onClick="click"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@id/button7"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />
</RelativeLayout>

<TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text=""
    android:id="@+id/turn"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:textSize="30sp"/>

</RelativeLayout>

1 Answer

Subham Agarwal
PLUS
Subham Agarwal
Courses Plus Student 3,812 Points
Subham Agarwal
Subham Agarwal
Courses Plus Student 3,812 Points

The layout height or width of one of the views was incorrect and so setContentView() could not draw the layout. I made the layout again and it is working fine.