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

Posted by Kyle Heller
Kyle Heller
218 Points

What am I doing wrong?

Help! I've tried entering in multiple ways including a white hexadecimal code and nothing is working. What am I missing?

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" >

  <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"


</RelativeLayout>

2 Answers

Andrew Sheragy
Andrew Sheragy
16,379 Points
Andrew Sheragy
Andrew Sheragy
16,379 Points

Your textColor line is after the closing bracket /> of the TextView block.

Kyle Heller
Kyle Heller
218 Points

Thank you Andrew! that was the issue.

Kyle Heller
Kyle Heller
218 Points
Kyle Heller
Kyle Heller
218 Points

Here is the challenge: The current layout has black text on a white background. Let's change the text color to be white. You will need to add the android:textColor attribute, and copy/paste the Android white value from the RelativeLayout's android:background attribute.