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7,490 PointsIncorrect AndroidManifest value
In the “Build a Weather App” series, “Start at the center” video: near the end, the instructor says to set the screen orientation element in the “application” tag in the AndroidManifest.xml file.
Screenshot: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5WRS680YeJqcVRnd0h6RXVkTkR3TEdvNlliaEotSlB3aDMw
This is incorrect, the screen orientation element is set in the “activity” tag. Link to API documentation below
Video: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/start-at-the-center
Android documentation: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element
Screenshot: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5WRS680YeJqUy1xUGk5NEdSd0hCYUdMMkI0Z1FPbTl2QUg0
1 Answer
Ben Deitch
Treehouse TeacherHey Michael, good catch! I'll get this in the pipeline to get fixed. In the meantime for anyone else visiting this post, the 'screenOrientation' property should should look like:
<activity android:name=".MainActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">