Thanks Marina ! I clicked the "infer constraints" button. And it worked. God bless )
On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 10:14:40 AM UTC-4, Marina Cuello wrote: > > When a property starts with "tools:" it means it only works on the editor. > It's useful when you will modify the position or visibility of a view > programatically or you want to use different color backgrounds to play > around with images with transparency. But it will not be reflected on your > app. > You need to use the "Infer constraints" option for the editor to create > the real constraints. > > Marina > > On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 12:03 AM, Tony Cardinal <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> hello, >> I created a simple app with 2 checkboxes a button and a text field. And >> I see all of these widgets on top of each other on the upper left hand >> corner of the screen when I run the app. In the design tab of android >> studio, these widgets are spaced one on top of the other. What am I doing >> wrong? Thank you for your help in advance. Here is the code: >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> >> <android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout >> xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; >> xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"; >> xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"; >> android:layout_width="match_parent" >> android:layout_height="match_parent" >> tools:context="com.example.me.a01_05_01.MainActivity"> >> >> <TextView >> android:layout_width="wrap_content" >> android:layout_height="wrap_content" >> android:text="Hello World!" >> app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent" >> app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent" >> app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent" >> app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" /> >> >> <CheckBox >> android:id="@+id/checkBox" >> android:layout_width="wrap_content" >> android:layout_height="wrap_content" >> android:text="CheckBox" >> tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="32dp" >> tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="47dp" /> >> >> <CheckBox >> android:id="@+id/checkBox2" >> android:layout_width="wrap_content" >> android:layout_height="wrap_content" >> android:text="CheckBox" >> tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="32dp" >> tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="99dp" /> >> >> <Button >> android:id="@+id/button" >> android:layout_width="wrap_content" >> android:layout_height="wrap_content" >> android:text="Button" >> tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="48dp" >> tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="416dp" /> >> >> <TextView >> android:id="@+id/textView" >> android:layout_width="wrap_content" >> android:layout_height="wrap_content" >> android:text="TextView" >> tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="57dp" >> tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="292dp" /> >> >> </android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout> >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/52044978-8634-4d62-a84c-b48383d2ed31%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/52044978-8634-4d62-a84c-b48383d2ed31%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/8ac902f4-b677-49a6-aae6-5a5ffbe810d8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
