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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Improving Our Code Adding More Colors

Posted by Christina Lazzara
Christina Lazzara
7,142 Points

Why isnt my .parseColor(); working

I have gone over and over trying to figure out why in : int colorAsInt = Color.parseColor(Color); that both Color is in red words when i did things word for word?

1 Answer

Ricky Catron
Ricky Catron
13,023 Points
Ricky Catron
Ricky Catron
13,023 Points

You are trying to pass the class Color to its own method. I believe for parseColor you should be passing in a String hexadecimal representation of a string such as #FF0000 for red.

Goodluck! --Ricky