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Android Build a Simple Android App with Kotlin Improving Our Code Adding Colors

Demetre Tsagouris
Demetre Tsagouris
8,517 Points
Posted by Demetre Tsagouris
Demetre Tsagouris
8,517 Points

The question must be broken. The challenge can't resolve "setTextColor" method.

I am trying to set the text color to Blue but I keep getting an error that the "setTextColor" method can't be resolved. I tried the same method for a text view in android studio and it worked. So my best guess id that the challenge is broken.

MealActivity.kt 
import android.app.Activity
import android.os.Bundle
import android.widget.TextView
import android.widget.RelativeLayout

class MealActivity : Activity() {
  override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

    setContentView(R.layout.activity_meal)

    val foodLabel = findViewById(R.id.foodTextView) as TextView
    val drinkLabel = findViewById(R.id.drinkTextView) as TextView
    val mealLayout = findViewById(R.id.mealLayout) as RelativeLayout
    mealLayout.backgroundColor = Color.RED
    foodLabel.setTextColor(Color.BLUE)

  }
}

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

As I recall, you need to use property assignment here (see the line above it as a template/hint) instead of a setter.