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4,582 PointsChange background color?
is the hash tag included in a hex number color code, its not working for me.
<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
Joshua Douce
13,120 PointsHi, the problem is your using @android:color/ this is looking for a system color you can delete that and just use the hex value like this android:background= "#fff092b0"
hope this helps
Aaron Loften
12,864 PointsIts not a valid hex nber. Hex numbers are 6 characters long. You have more characters than six. I recommend you select your color in a photo editor(photoshop or paint.net or something) then get the hex number directly from that. The hex you have included will fail.