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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Using Intents to Display and Share Posts Opening a Webpage Within the App

Posted by Kristen Law
Kristen Law
16,244 Points

White gap between the content and Action Bar?

I seem to be getting a white gap between the Action Bar and the webpage content/blog post. I followed all the steps in this video (and I also took out the padding in the xml file). Any idea why this is happening or how to fix it? Thanks!

This is what it looks like.

This is the code from my activity_blog_web_view.xml layout file:

<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.kristen.blogreader.BlogWebViewActivity" >

    <WebView
        android:id="@+id/webView1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />

</RelativeLayout>
Kristen Law
Kristen Law
16,244 Points

Maybe Ben Jakuben can help?

Joseph Greevy
Joseph Greevy
4,990 Points
Joseph Greevy
Joseph Greevy
4,990 Points

I have a different problem when you created your new class did it give you a fragment? My app crashes and it seems to be because of this fragment in my code e.g my code reads

tools:context="com.multiplis.therugbytimes.BlogWebViewActivity$PlaceholderFragment" >
Kristen Law
Kristen Law
16,244 Points

Joseph Greevy: I'm not sure I understand your question. Can you make a more detailed post on the forum? I'll see if I can figure out the issue and maybe some others will be able to help too.

Joseph Greevy
Joseph Greevy
4,990 Points
Joseph Greevy
Joseph Greevy
4,990 Points

No worries I saw some of the problem it made a fragment xml file and a normal one so I think I can fix it

Kristen Law
Kristen Law
16,244 Points

Ok, good luck!

1 Answer

Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points
Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points

I get this white bar as well. I didn't think much of it though.

I assume that this is just an issue in the way the site is coded. Maybe the "Start learning for free today! (14-day trial) PICK YOUR PLAN" message isn't displaying and is what's causing this white space. I am not sure.

It's not a problem in the code you have written, however. So, you can carry on as normal.

Kristen Law
Kristen Law
16,244 Points

I thought that might be the issue too, so I modified the Blog Reader app to view a different blog. I just finished it and there's no white gap :)

Thanks for your response!

Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points
Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points

Ah, nice plan! That's the beauty of the MVC pattern! All you need to change is the URL and bam, everything's updated!

Kristen Law
Kristen Law
16,244 Points

Unfortunately, it wasn't that simple since the JSON for the new blog was more complicated, but I was able to make the necessary changes.