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54.3 Designing the User Interface Layout for ActivityB

The elements that are required for the user interface of the second activity are a Plain Text EditText, TextView and Button view. With these requirements in mind, load the activity_b.xml layout into the Layout Editor tool, and add the views.

During the design process, note that the onClick property on the button view has been configured to call a method named returnText, and the TextView and EditText views have been assigned IDs textView2 and editText2 respectively. Once completed, the layout should resemble that illustrated in Figure 54-4. Note that the text on the button (which reads “Return Text”) has been extracted to a string resource named return_text.

With the layout complete, click on the Infer constraints toolbar button to add the necessary constraints to the layout:

Figure 54-4

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Neil Smyth has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, including roles in software development and enterprise-level UNIX and Linux system administration. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in information technology, he also holds A+, Security+, Network+, Project+, and Microsoft Certified Professional certifications and is a CIW Database Design Specialist. Neil is the co-founder and CEO of Payload Media, Inc. (a technical content publishing company), and the author of the Essentials range of programming and system administration books.
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