Why does most of the XML attributes start with android:?
It seems like a great waste of typing…
Why does most of the XML attributes start with android:? It seems like a
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Why does most of the XML attributes start with android:?
It seems like a great waste of typing…
That’s just the XML namespace for all android related tags/attributes that you define in the root elements of your XML files.
If you don’t want to type that much, you can change
to
This allows you to use elements in a way like
Instead of a you can use any other name/letter combo too.