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lance rousey
911 PointsWhere do i put the color code in the background layout
Now let's change the background color of the whole RelativeLayout to a dark pink. Use the code #fff092b0..
lance rousey
911 PointsThat was for the first one yes but the second one wants dark pink i put where is says android:background="@android:color/white" i put the #fff092b0 where the white is so it said android:background="@android:color/#fff092b0 but still says its wrong.. idk where to put the color code at to change the background color from white to dark pink
3 Answers
notf0und
11,940 PointsYou just need to drop out the @android:color/ part. That is for referencing colors that are pre-defined in the Android system, like "white", "black", "yellow", etc.
Juan Gallardo
1,567 Pointsandroid:background="#fff092b0"
MUZ140028 Charlton Sibanda
5,615 Pointsthanks for the answer
A X
12,842 PointsWhy do we drop the @android part of the code though? I thought that @android was a standard part of the XML language....it works to drop it, but it seems to go against what little I know about programming languages consistency.
notf0und
11,940 Pointsnotf0und
11,940 PointsIs this what you tried for an answer:
android:textColor="@android:color/white"?