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Android Styles and Themes in Android Themes and Compatibility Creating a Theme

Posted by sean tatenda jack
sean tatenda jack
6,127 Points

This theme is actually a prank for a coworker. We are going to set the color of all text to be transparent. Add an

This theme is actually a prank for a coworker. We are going to set the color of all text to be transparent. Add an item for "android:textColor" and set the value to "@android:color/transparent"

can someone help. am confused.

styles.xml 
<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 <style name ="CustomTheme"
        parent="Theme.AppCompat.DayNight.DarkActionBar">
   <item name="android:textColor" >"@android:color/transparent">



</resources>

2 Answers

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Sean,

You're almost there, but there are a few things in error here:

  1. The value shouldn't be surrounded by quotes.
  2. You are missing the closing </item> tag.
  3. You are missing the closing </style> tag.

Once those are fixed up, the task will pass. :)

Keep Coding! :dizzy:

sean tatenda jack
sean tatenda jack
6,127 Points

i still cannot get it. i have made this adjustments: Challenge Task 2 of 2

This theme is actually a prank for a coworker. We are going to set the color of all text to be transparent. Add an item for "android:textColor" and set the value to "@android:color/transparent". Bummer! Don't forget to add the 'item' element inside your 'style element. Restart Get Help Recheck work styles.xml

<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <style name ="CustomTheme"
         parent ="Theme.AppCompat.DayNight.DarkActionBar"
         <item name ="android:textColor">@android:color/transparent"</style>
</resources>
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Still missing the closing </item> and now you're missing the closing > for the style declaration. And you still have a quotation mark in the color value!

Below is the corrected code for you to review. Remember XML is very picky... one little missed tag or angle brackets will break your code.

<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <style name ="CustomTheme" parent ="Theme.AppCompat.DayNight.DarkActionBar">
    <item name ="android:textColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
</style>
</resources>
sean tatenda jack
sean tatenda jack
6,127 Points
sean tatenda jack
sean tatenda jack
6,127 Points

thanks Jason, you saved my day.