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Patrick John Barry
1,645 PointsThere's a grey bar in between the two buttons, how do I remove it?
I've placed both buttons, but there seems to be a divider between the two. How can I remove it or change the colour?

Patrick John Barry
1,645 Points<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" tools:context="com.example.pj.interactivestory.ui.StoryActivity" android:background="@android:color/white">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/storyImageView"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:src="@mipmap/page0"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:adjustViewBounds="true" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/storyTextView"
android:layout_below="@+id/storyImageView"
android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/storyImageView"
android:layout_alignStart="@+id/storyImageView"
android:text="You continue your course to Earth. Two days later, you receive a transmission from HQ saying that they have detected some sort of anomaly on the surface of Mars near an abandoned rover. They ask you to investigate, but ultimately the decision is yours because your mission has already run much longer than planned and supplies are low."
android:paddingLeft="30dp"
android:paddingRight="30dp"
android:paddingTop="15dp"
android:lineSpacingMultiplier="1.2"/>
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Stop and investigate"
android:id="@+id/choiceButton2"
android:background="@android:color/white"
android:textColor="#ff3a8aec"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/storyTextView"
android:layout_alignStart="@+id/storyTextView" />
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Continue home to Earth"
android:id="@+id/choiceButton1"
android:background="@android:color/white"
android:textColor="#FF3A8AEC"
android:layout_above="@+id/choiceButton2"
android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/choiceButton2"
android:layout_alignStart="@+id/choiceButton2" />
It seems to only appear in the preview of the design tab. The grey bar does not appear when the app is launched. So I guess not the biggest deal, somewhat annoying nonetheless.
Thank you Daniel for responding though.
1 Answer

Aarthi Singh
3,373 PointsYou can add a custom style to button to remove that grey line:
style="?android:attr/borderlessButtonStyle"
The final code will look like:
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Continue home to Earth"
android:id="@+id/choiceBtn1"
android:layout_above="@+id/choiceBtn2"
android:layout_alignStart="@+id/choiceBtn2"
android:background="#ffffff"
android:shadowColor="#ffffff"
android:textColor="#3a8aec"
style="?android:attr/borderlessButtonStyle"/> ```

Seph Cordovano
17,400 PointsAarthi Singh, thanks! you saved me some time and research!
Daniel Hartin
18,106 PointsDaniel Hartin
18,106 PointsHi Patrick
Any chance you could paste in you XML code please? there shouldn't be any space between 2 views unless you specify it.
Thanks Daniel