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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Rebuilding from Scratch Handling a Lack of Data

Posted by hyunsoo hwang
hyunsoo hwang
3,910 Points

Challenge task 2 of 4

The following is what I did for task 2 but I am getting an error message;

Button android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" /Button

I have not put <> around the button in this post because it seems to disappear. Could you help me with this please? and tell me where it has gone wrong?

Thank you

3 Answers

Crisoforo Gaspar Hernández
Crisoforo Gaspar Hernández
18,302 Points

Maybe because you are using the close '</button>', this could help you:

<Button android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

PD: to post the <> you must use with the scape sequence like: \<My tag >

hyunsoo hwang
hyunsoo hwang
3,910 Points
hyunsoo hwang
hyunsoo hwang
3,910 Points

Thank you so much. It is now working. What I did was '<Button>' android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content". I should not have closed the header. Thanks again

hyunsoo hwang
hyunsoo hwang
3,910 Points
hyunsoo hwang
hyunsoo hwang
3,910 Points

Also what is the difference between '</button>' and '/>'?

Crisoforo Gaspar Hernández
Crisoforo Gaspar Hernández
18,302 Points

I don't understand your question, can you be a little bit more descriptive. Do yo mean between the double and the simple quote?