03 Aug Android TextView Control
Android TextView Control is a control that shows text to the user. If you want to show a text view for editor, use EditText, which is a subclass of TextView. It doesn’t allow editing, but it’s subclass EditText provide editing options.
Usage
It is used to show the text view like a label. Let’s say you want to add a label on your app, i.e. Our new features, then you can add it with TextView.
Example
Now, we will write the code xml file, which has a TextView and EditText. Follow the below code,
activity_main.xml
For src\main\res\layout\activity_main.xml,
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout 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" tools:context=".MainActivity"> <TextView android:id="@+id/textView1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/top_title" android:textSize="20dp" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" /> <EditText android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/name" android:layout_centerInParent="true" android:layout_below="@id/textView1" /> </RelativeLayout> |
AndroidManifest.xml
The content of \src\main\AndroidManifest.xml, provides key information of your app to the system. The system needs this to run your code,
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.studyopedia.studyopediaapplication"> <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round" android:supportsRtl="true" android:theme="@style/AppTheme"> <activity android:name=".MainActivity"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> </application> </manifest> |
strings.xml
Here’s the code for res/values/strings.xml. The app name and any hardcoded strings will be visible,
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<resources> <string name="app_name">StudyopediaApplication</string> <string name="name">Enter your name</string> <string name="top_title">Working on an example Android App</string> </resources> |
Output
It shows our TextView, which shows the following text at the top: Working on an example Android app
We will also see an EditText, where user can enter value i.e. name,
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