Thanks for the explanation Temitoe & Justin I shared a link and it was a tutorial which I was going through. I never said that there is nothing on the android website.
Peace Regards Irtiza On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Justin Anderson <[email protected]>wrote: > *> There is no explanation of this & I was hoping if someone can explain > it to me.* > > Yes, there is an explanation of this: > > "For the *id* attribute of a tag in XML, you should use a special syntax: > "@+id/*somestringvalue*". The "@+" syntax creates a resource number in the > R.id class, if one doesn't exist, or uses it, if it does exist. When > declaring an ID value for an XML tag, use this syntax. Example: <TextView > android:id="@+id/nameTextbox"/>, and refer to it this way in Java: > findViewById(R.id.nameTextbox)" > > This was taken directly from this page: > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/available-resources.html > > Please read the docs before declaring there is no documentation on > something... > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > There are only 10 types of people in the world... > Those who know binary and those who don't. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Temitope Akinwande > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Answers inline >> >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Syed Rizvi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi all >> > >> > This is my first question. I am learning android very late I know & I >> have a >> > question. >> Better late than never :) >> > >> > Can anyone explain me this statement below. >> > >> > android:id="@+id/label >> > >> > what does it mean by the plus sign I am going through the tutorial on >> > android. >> The + sign means you are declaring a new id value to be added to the >> id resource. >> After declaring it this way, you can access the resource with id label >> as follows >> in code (R.id.label) >> in xml (@id/label) >> > >> > >> http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-relativelayout.html >> > >> > There is no explanation of this & I was hoping if someone can explain it >> to >> > me. >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > Irtiza >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Android Beginners" group. >> > >> > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at >> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android >> > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]<android-beginners%[email protected]> >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Beginners" group. >> >> NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<android-beginners%[email protected]> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-beginners%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
