You need width and height. Add these: *android:layout_width="fill_parent"* *android:layout_height="fill_parent"*
On Monday, August 27, 2012 1:09:10 PM UTC-5, Victor Reboucas wrote: > > Hi, I'm new to Android development and I'm trying to implement a custom > view to act as a "custom menu button" for my app. > > I followed the instructions at > http://developer.android.com/training/custom-views/create-view.html but > by the end of the implementation I get a message saying "Unfortunately > customviews1 has stopped" and the app just shut's down. > > My approach is very simple and I cannot find any reference about solving > this basic problem. Here's what I'm doing: > > 1. create a new Android project in Eclipse named "customviews1" > > 2. I run the project and it shows a "Hello World" TextView on the > "activity_main.xml" layout file > > 3. I add a new class that extends "View" to the "src" folder of the > project: > > public class MyCustomView extends View { > public MyCustomView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) { > super(context, attrs); > } > > } > > 4. I remove the "TextView" from activity_main.xml and add a "customview1" > to it: > > <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"> > > <com.example.customviews1.MyCustomView android:id="@+id/myCustomView1" /> > </RelativeLayout> > > 5. I run the app again and I got the message saying "Unfortunately > customviews1 has stopped" and the app shuts down. > > > Is there any code I'm missing here? > > > Thanks for any clue, > Regards, > Victor Reboucas > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
