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

Posted by Noel Chiwanga
Noel Chiwanga
7,306 Points

Trying to position the ImageView directly below the EditText. What could be problem with my code

Please assist my code seems fine but I am getting an error

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:src="@drawable/grumpy_cat" />

</RelativeLayout>

2 Answers

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Noel,

You don't want the plus sign in front of the @id. It should look like:

<ImageView
  android:layout_below="@id/captionField"
  .
  . />

... with no plus sign.

Steve.

Noel Chiwanga
Noel Chiwanga
7,306 Points
Noel Chiwanga
Noel Chiwanga
7,306 Points

Thanks