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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Creating the Screen Layout Setting Colors

Posted by MUZ140584 Heredity Mbundire
MUZ140584 Heredity Mbundire
4,979 Points

try again am totally confused challenge 2:2 creating the screen layout

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="@android:color/white" android:background="#fff092b0"/>

<TextView android:id="@+id/textView1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:layout_centerVertical="true" android:text="Treehouse loves me!" android:textSize="72sp" android:textColor ="@android:color/white" >

activity_main.xml 
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
   android:background="@android:color/white"              
  android:background="#fff092b0"/>

  <TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:text="Treehouse loves me!"
    android:textSize="72sp" 
   android:textColor ="@android:color/white" >
Stephen Little
Stephen Little
8,312 Points
Stephen Little
Stephen Little
8,312 Points

could you post the questions?

1 Answer

cm21
cm21
150,854 Points
cm21
cm21
150,854 Points

Hi there,

You have two declarations for the background attribute. Try removing:

android:background="@android:color/white

and as long as you have a closing RelativeLayout tag, looks good!