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  • Arvind Mehta
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    Arvind Mehta
    Courses Plus Student 10,302 Points

    Next, switch to the activity_main.xml file and add this new style to each EditText in the layout

    Posted February 28, 2018 7:13am by Arvind Mehta
    Arvind Mehta
    Courses Plus Student 10,302 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Styling EditTexts and Buttons

    1 Answer

  • George Popovich
    George Popovich
    15,055 Points

    Having Trouble Opening The App Files

    Posted February 22, 2018 9:40am by George Popovich
    George Popovich
    15,055 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Creating a Style

    0 Answers

  • Caleb Seeling
    Caleb Seeling
    1,189 Points

    Could this be a bug

    Posted December 2, 2017 5:52pm by Caleb Seeling
    Caleb Seeling
    1,189 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Styling EditTexts and Buttons

    1 Answer

  • Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
    Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
    3,468 Points

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    Posted November 16, 2017 3:55pm by Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
    Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
    3,468 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Creating a Style

    0 Answers

  • Tonnie Fanadez
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    Tonnie Fanadez
    UX Design Techdegree Graduate 22,796 Points

    Commenting in XML

    Posted November 1, 2017 3:53am by Tonnie Fanadez
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    Tonnie Fanadez
    UX Design Techdegree Graduate 22,796 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Creating a Style

    1 Answer

  • Elvis Chitsungo
    Elvis Chitsungo
    1,817 Points

    I am lost,can someone help

    Posted September 20, 2017 3:52pm by Elvis Chitsungo
    Elvis Chitsungo
    1,817 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Creating a Style

    10 Answers

  • samllanwarne
    samllanwarne
    3,849 Points

    Can someone explain the "include" bit as I couldn't see how it linked two .xml files, or what it actually linked across?

    Posted August 31, 2017 10:57am by samllanwarne
    samllanwarne
    3,849 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Including One Layout in Another

    1 Answer

  • TRACY ZIWEWE
    TRACY ZIWEWE
    1,820 Points

    Styles and Themes in Android

    Posted August 13, 2017 7:50pm by TRACY ZIWEWE
    TRACY ZIWEWE
    1,820 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Creating a Style

    1 Answer

  • Cristian Gerardo Hernandez Barrios
    Cristian Gerardo Hernandez Barrios
    28,382 Points

    I need help to this challenge too

    Posted August 2, 2017 3:09am by Cristian Gerardo Hernandez Barrios
    Cristian Gerardo Hernandez Barrios
    28,382 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Creating a Style

    1 Answer

  • Cristian Gerardo Hernandez Barrios
    Cristian Gerardo Hernandez Barrios
    28,382 Points

    I need help to this code challenge:

    Posted August 2, 2017 3:07am by Cristian Gerardo Hernandez Barrios
    Cristian Gerardo Hernandez Barrios
    28,382 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Styling EditTexts and Buttons

    1 Answer

  • Stanley Aaron Meki
    Stanley Aaron Meki
    6,345 Points

    In this challenge we want to extract a style manually. Start by adding a new empty style named CustomEditText.

    Posted July 29, 2017 1:39pm by Stanley Aaron Meki
    Stanley Aaron Meki
    6,345 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Styling EditTexts and Buttons

    0 Answers

  • shahaf cohen
    shahaf cohen
    1,896 Points

    Bummer! Oops! Don't include 'android:hint' in the style.

    Posted July 22, 2017 7:18am by shahaf cohen
    shahaf cohen
    1,896 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Styling EditTexts and Buttons

    2 Answers

  • shahaf cohen
    shahaf cohen
    1,896 Points

    receiving this error - Bummer! Don't forget to include 'android:layout_alignParentLeft' in the style!

    Posted July 22, 2017 6:52am by shahaf cohen
    shahaf cohen
    1,896 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Styling EditTexts and Buttons

    1 Answer

  • Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
    Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
    3,468 Points

    Course Level

    Posted July 6, 2017 1:22pm by Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
    Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
    3,468 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Defining the Problem

    3 Answers

  • Kazakhstan Cola
    Kazakhstan Cola
    1,775 Points

    In question "What must the root element be for a layout component that will be included in other layout files?"

    Posted July 1, 2017 8:50am by Kazakhstan Cola
    Kazakhstan Cola
    1,775 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Using Includes for Repeatable Layouts

    3 Answers

  • SHAWN FURLONG
    SHAWN FURLONG
    2,811 Points

    I have went and opened . Everything opens fine, but there are many errors. The errors is only "R" within the R.id method

    Posted June 26, 2017 2:28am by SHAWN FURLONG
    SHAWN FURLONG
    2,811 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Defining the Problem

    1 Answer

  • Yulin Wang
    Yulin Wang
    36,990 Points

    The GitHub repo is a completed project. I thought I will get a starter project, but not.

    Posted June 24, 2017 10:48am by Yulin Wang
    Yulin Wang
    36,990 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Defining the Problem

    0 Answers

  • Filmon Elias
    Filmon Elias
    3,514 Points

    Already Completed Project on GitHub link?

    Posted May 27, 2017 1:34am by Filmon Elias
    Filmon Elias
    3,514 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Creating a Style

    2 Answers

  • Trudy Lee
    Trudy Lee
    2,812 Points

    Please update teacher's note : shortcut

    Posted May 11, 2017 11:39pm by Trudy Lee
    Trudy Lee
    2,812 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Styling More Views

    0 Answers

  • Zaur Kandokhov
    Zaur Kandokhov
    12,276 Points

    Getting "Bummer! Don't forget to include 'android:layout_alignParentLeft' in the style!". What I missed here?

    Posted April 29, 2017 8:23pm by Zaur Kandokhov
    Zaur Kandokhov
    12,276 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Styling EditTexts and Buttons

    1 Answer

  • Steven Holt
    Steven Holt
    7,382 Points

    The Starter files GitHub Repo is not found for the "Styles and Themes in Android" course...

    Posted April 17, 2017 1:57pm by Steven Holt
    Steven Holt
    7,382 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Defining the Problem

    2 Answers

  • sean tatenda jack
    sean tatenda jack
    6,127 Points

    Challenge Task 3 of 3 Switch to the file activity_main.xml.Use the new style you just created for the Button.

    Posted April 13, 2017 9:08am by sean tatenda jack
    sean tatenda jack
    6,127 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Creating a Style

    1 Answer

  • Ansh â €
    Ansh â €
    6,521 Points

    Where's the link in teacher notes?

    Posted April 12, 2017 7:03am by Ansh â €
    Ansh â €
    6,521 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Defining the Problem

    2 Answers

  • Luke Farrell
    Luke Farrell
    3,278 Points

    Links are missing, how can I follow along?

    Posted April 10, 2017 6:39pm by Luke Farrell
    Luke Farrell
    3,278 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Creating a Style

    1 Answer

  • Prateek Prasad
    Prateek Prasad
    7,292 Points

    Links missing from teacher's notes

    Posted April 5, 2017 1:35pm by Prateek Prasad
    Prateek Prasad
    7,292 Points
    • Android
    • Styles and Themes in Android
    • Using Styles in Layouts
    • Defining the Problem

    1 Answer

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