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Hassam Uddin
8,204 PointsalignParentStart deprecated?
My image looks different from the one being shown in Ben's view, mine has more white-space even though we are using the same model for our emulator. The only difference in the code is an element that he uses called alignParentStart. When adding this Android Studio throws an error stating that the term isn't recognized.
I'm using the latest android studio with 4.2 unlike the one we're supposed to use. I can't find any change logs, and there doesn't seem to be a replacement for it. What should I use to replace this term, and if that isn't the problem, what else could be?
Hassam Uddin
8,204 PointsSorry for the late reply, here's the code:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" tools:context=".MainActivity">
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textPersonName"
android:text="Name"
android:ems="10"
android:id="@+id/editText"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:contentDescription="Signals from Mars" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/titleImageView"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:src="@drawable/main_title"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="START OUR ADVENTURE"
android:id="@+id/button"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textPersonName"
android:ems="10"
android:id="@+id/nameEditText"
android:layout_above="@+id/button"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:hint="Enter your name to begin"
android:maxLength="30" />
</RelativeLayout>
Ben Deitch
Treehouse TeacherThat looks ok to me. What's the error exactly? If it's this: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:layout_alignParentStart'. - then the compileSdkVersion/targetSdkVersion (in build.gradle) might be too low. Also, for this app, alignParentStart and alignParentLeft are doing the same thing; as long as you have one of those you should be ok. AlignParentStart really shines when a layout can be both right-to-left (perhaps to support Arabic) and left-to-right.
Hassam Uddin
8,204 PointsThat's the exact error, How do I upgrade my sdk? Its at the current 6.0.
Ben Deitch
Treehouse TeacherYou should be able to fix this by changing the compileSdkVersion, targetSdkVersion, and buildToolsVersion to be something more current (>19). You can see how Ben J does it here.
Ben Deitch
Treehouse TeacherBen Deitch
Treehouse TeacherHmm tough to be sure without the code. Could you post the code? Otherwise, do you have both android:layout_alignParentStart="true" and android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" specified?