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) | > spook...@gmail.com <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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
