CODEWITHSUNDEEP
android
user2387766
user2387766

Reputation:

How do I make another block of text?

I understand how to display some text with the user input, but what I'm confused about is how to add a completely new block of text under the one I have right now (I want to put a new block of text because I want the size of the text to be different). Right now, I display "Welcome [user input]!"

In my activity file I have:

public class DisplayMessageActivity extends Activity {

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        // Get the message from the intent
        Intent intent = getIntent();
        String message = "                Welcome " + intent.getStringExtra(MainActivity.EXTRA_MESSAGE) + "!";

        // Create the text view
        TextView textView = new TextView(this);
        textView.setTextSize(25);
        textView.setText(message);

        // Set the text view as the activity layout
        setContentView(textView);
    }

And in my fragment.xml file, I have:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="com.example.myfirstapp.DisplayMessageActivity$PlaceholderFragment"
    android:gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:weightSum="1">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:text="TEST"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>

With some help from the feedback I got from other users, I added android:text="TEST" too the second "TextView". And I also added the android:orientation="vertical" to LinearLayout. But the "TEST" still doesn't show up when I run the app! Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 573

Answers (2)

joao2fast4u
joao2fast4u

Reputation: 6892

You are not associating your layout to your Activity. Instead, you are adding a TextView on runtime, that is created on runtime. That's why only one TextView appears. You have to use setContentView(R.layout.mylayout); instead of setContentView(textView);, so your Activity fetches your layout.

Edit: In your layout, add ids to your TextViews, so you can access them from your Activity code, like this:

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/myFirstTextView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:text="TEST1" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/mySecondTextView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:text="TEST2" />

Then on your Activity, inside onCreate():

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.my_layout);

        // Get the message from the intent
        Intent intent = getIntent();
        String message = "                Welcome " + intent.getStringExtra(MainActivity.EXTRA_MESSAGE) + "!";

        TextView textView1 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.myFirstTextView);
        TextView textView2 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.mySecondTextView);

        textView1.setTextSize(25);
        textView1.setText(message);

    }

Upvotes: 1

IronButterfly
IronButterfly

Reputation: 21

Assuming fragment.xml is in the res/layout folder

setContentView(R.layout.fragment);

instead of 

setContentView(textView);

Upvotes: 1

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