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

Posted by charles bryant
charles bryant
2,721 Points

little embarrassed, I copy and pasted the color code #fff092b0 and still saying bummer! Challenge #2 simple droidapp

what am i overlooking?

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/#fff092b0"/>

  <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

Abdiaziz Abdullahi Abdulle
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Abdiaziz Abdullahi Abdulle
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Abdiaziz Abdullahi Abdulle
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 7,458 Points

First, add the android:textColor attribute in the TextView and then copy/paste the Android white value from the RelativeLayout's android:background attribute. like this
android:textColor = "@android:color/#fff092b0"

the complete code is like this "

<TextView
     android:textColor = "@android:color/#fff092b0" 
     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" />      "  ```

hope it helps.
charles bryant
charles bryant
2,721 Points
charles bryant
charles bryant
2,721 Points

Never mind! I checked the android studio background string and used that as an example. Too much fat on the string.