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

Miles Park
Miles Park
939 Points
Posted by Miles Park
Miles Park
939 Points

android:color/white into dark pink

I am to use the code #fffO92bO but it does not work. Can you help me understand this?

2 Answers

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points
Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

Hi Miles. Try using 0 (zero) instead of O (O from the alphabet) #fff092b0

It wants 

android:background="#fff092b0";

android:color/white is a predefined color in android studio. There are some specific colors (ie. black, blue, red, yellow etc.) you can use like that, without writing their hexadecimal value but using android:color/[color].

Steve Bedard
Steve Bedard
14,335 Points
Steve Bedard
Steve Bedard
14,335 Points

the first two values (ff) are for the transparency, the other ( 3 pairs) are for the color. I suggest you get an hexadecimal color table to help you understand.

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colors.asp