Question

I am trying to create a widget that displays items parsed form an XML file file. In the end, an image, a title, and URL of the original item are going to be displayed. But, now that I am working on the layout, I am getting a runtime error after adding the ImageView to its container. The <RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/newsdviewlayout" is inside the root View (which is a RelativeLayout) for the main layout. Help please.

<RelativeLayout
  android:id="@+id/newsdviewlayout"
   style="@style/newsviewstyle"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/newsviewimg" />
</RelativeLayout>

Answer 1

Yeah, I think you miss the required attribute android:layout_width="" and android:layout_height="", so for your case, the xml will be like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/newsdviewlayout"
    style="@style/newsviewstyle"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/newsviewimg"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
/>

Or as for the RelativeLayout you can also put that 2 attribute inside your newsviewstyle style.