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Android

Posted by Miika Vuorio
Miika Vuorio
8,018 Points

How do I convert this "@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" back into this "50dp"

In android studios designer xml part I had a padding around my relative layout of 50dp, but then I clicked the 50dp and it changed into this @dimen/activity_vertical_margin. How do I change it back into 50dp. It doesn't affect the app in any way it's just bothering me.

android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

That's just a convenience provided by Android Studio so that you can see what the value is without having to open the dimens.xml file in the values folder. So the code is infact: 

android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

Android studio just magically shows 50dp instead. If you just close and reopen the file it will go back to showing 50dp.

Miika Vuorio
Miika Vuorio
8,018 Points

Thanks!