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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) Finishing the User Interface Customizing a Button

Now add the attribute to change the color of the button text to white. Use the system value or the appropriate hex colo

please help i dont know how to do stage 2 of the question.

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="#ffaa0000" >
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/thrustButton"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:text="@string/thrust_label" 
        android:background="#ffaa0000" />
</RelativeLayout>

5 Answers

Sean Do
Sean Do
11,933 Points

They're asking you to change the text color with either system value or hex color. Ex: HexColor below

android:textColor="ffffffff"

OR

System Value

android:textColor="@color/white"

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="#ffaa0000" android:textColor="#ff00aabb" > <Button android:id="@+id/thrustButton" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerInParent="true" android:text="@string/thrust_label" android:background="#ffaa0000" android:textColor="#ff00aabb"/> </RelativeLayout>

thnaks i did that and am still not getting it right.

i tried this as well android:textColor="ff00aabb" and its still not passing

Sean Do
Sean Do
11,933 Points

You just need to apply it to the button tag only.

i just tried applying it to the button tag only but still no change.

am getting an error saying "make sure you use the correct code for white."

Sean Do
Sean Do
11,933 Points

Oh. Sorry, the correct hex-color is #ffffffff

Change #ff00aabb to #ffffffff

lol its okaey.Thanks you very much for your help,it finally worked.Dankie