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Android Android Lists and Adapters (2015) Standard ListViews Creating a Gradient Drawable

Posted by MUZ140756 Phiona Bhatasara
MUZ140756 Phiona Bhatasara
4,153 Points

Task 2 of 3 _adding a gradient

Now add a <gradient> element as a child of the <shape>.Set startColor to #102372 and endColor to #ffffff. Dont forget the android prefix attribute!

where am i missing it?

bg_gradient.xml 
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/
                      res/android"shape="rectangle" />
<gradient
          android:startColor="#102372"
          android:endColor="#ffffffff" />

3 Answers

MUZ140769 Vengai Muponda
MUZ140769 Vengai Muponda
4,151 Points
MUZ140769 Vengai Muponda
MUZ140769 Vengai Muponda
4,151 Points

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape = "rectangle"> <gradient android:startColor="#102372" android:endColor="#ffffff"/>

</shape>

James Simshaw
James Simshaw
28,738 Points
James Simshaw
James Simshaw
28,738 Points

Hello,

You have three problems here preventing you from completing the challenge.

1) The gradient needs to be nested wthin the shape element. Currently, you have the shape element as a self closing tag and the gradient needs to be within the shape so we can draw it. To fix this, you need to change the /> at the end of the shape tag to a > and after the gradient tag add a </shape> tag to close the shape.

2) You declare a shape="rectangle" in the shape tag. This needs to be android:shape="rectangle" so that it can use the proper namespace and know how to handle the parameter.

3) For your end color, you are declaring it as "#ffffffff" yet the challenge is asking for "#ffffff".

If you change those, you should be able to pass the challenge. Please let us know if you need further assistance and we can provide more help. Also, please provide updated code so we can help from where you currently are at.

MUZ140681 Tatenda Muchaziwepi
MUZ140681 Tatenda Muchaziwepi
4,340 Points
MUZ140681 Tatenda Muchaziwepi
MUZ140681 Tatenda Muchaziwepi
4,340 Points

<shape>xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/ res/android:shape="rectangle" /> <gradient android:startColor="#102372" android:endColor="#ffffff" />