I'm not sure if that's just a copy & paste error, but you close the LinearLayout tag prematurely. So all its attributes including layout_width just count as "unexpected text":
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; > * ^ | Here* You can easily spot these mistakes by running Android's excellent lint tool. If you are using Eclipse for development you should see a yellow warning triangle show up at that spot. On Tuesday, October 14, 2014 6:42:59 PM UTC-5, Spooky wrote: > > I give up...I've gone through examples (including using my own past code > that worked), and no matter what I try, using ScrollView causes a force > close, claiming that I haven't provided a layout_width parameter (I > have). In fact, I checked EVERYTHING in the layout file, and nothing > is missing layout_width or layout_height. And yet, logcat still claims > it isn't there. It even give me the line number where it isn't (and is) > there. I have been going in circles on this for hours....can someone > please point out what I'm not seeing? > > Here is the layout file (main.xml): > > --------------------------- CUT HERE --------------------------- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; > > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:background="#000000" > android:orientation="vertical" > tools:context="com.jdgapps.andgtbrew2.AndGTbrew2" > > > <ScrollView > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="80dp" > android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" > android:layout_alignParentTop="true" > > > <LinearLayout > android:id="@+id/linearLayout1" > android:layout_width="match_parent" > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal" > android:orientation="vertical" > > > <Button android:text="@string/newBrewStr" > android:id="@+id/newBrewView" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:padding="10sp" > android:textSize="24sp" > android:textColor="#FFFFFF" > android:layout_alignParentTop="true" > android:background="#00000000" /> > > <Button android:text="@string/openExistingStr" > android:id="@+id/openExistingView" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:padding="10sp" > android:textSize="24sp" > android:textColor="#FFFFFF" > android:background="#00000000" /> > > <Button android:text="@string/cloneStr" > android:id="@+id/cloneBrewView" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:padding="10sp" > android:textSize="24sp" > android:textColor="#FFFFFF" > android:background="#00000000" /> > > <Button android:text="@string/reformulateStr" > android:id="@+id/reformulateView" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:padding="10sp" > android:textSize="24sp" > android:textColor="#FFFFFF" > android:background="#00000000" /> > > <Button android:text="@string/brewToFileStr" > android:id="@+id/brewToFileView" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:padding="10sp" > android:textSize="24sp" > android:textColor="#FFFFFF" > android:background="#00000000" /> > > <Button android:text="@string/reportToFileStr" > android:id="@+id/reportToFileView" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:padding="10sp" > android:textSize="24sp" > android:textColor="#FFFFFF" > android:background="#00000000" /> > > <Button android:text="@string/reportToTeXStr" > android:id="@+id/reportToTeXView" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:padding="10sp" > android:textSize="24sp" > android:textColor="#FFFFFF" > android:background="#00000000" /> > > </LinearLayout> > </ScrollView> > </LinearLayout> > > --------------------------- CUT HERE --------------------------- > > And here is the error I'm getting in logcat: > > --------------------------- CUT HERE --------------------------- > 10-14 18:20:42.276 E/AndroidRuntime(19964): java.lang.RuntimeException: > Unable to start activity > ComponentInfo{com.jdgapps.andgtbrew2/com.jdgapps.andgtbrew2.AndGTbrew2}: > java.lang.RuntimeException: Binary XML file line #2: You must supply a > layout_width attribute. > > 10-14 18:20:42.276 E/AndroidRuntime(19964): at > com.jdgapps.andgtbrew2.AndGTbrew2.onCreate(AndGTbrew2.java:54) > --------------------------- CUT HERE --------------------------- > > Take the ScrollView out, and it works...but only in Portrait. In > Landscape, it NEEDS that ScrollView. > > Does anyone see anything I'm not? > > Thanks, > --jim > > -- > THE SCORE: ME: 2 CANCER: 0 > 73 DE N5IAL (/4) | > [email protected] <javascript:> | BOFH Excuse for the day: > < Running Mac OS X Lion > | > ICBM / Hurricane: | Paradigm shift without > 30.44406N 86.59909W | a clutch. > > -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
