Android Programming The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 3rd Edition

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Chapter 9  Creating User Interfaces with Layouts and Widgets


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Repeat the process with the crime_date widget to set its width and height. Now, the two widgets
overlap but are much smaller (Figure 9.13).


Figure 9.13  Overlapping TextViews


Adding widgets


With your other widgets out of the way, you can add the handcuffs image to your layout. Add
an ImageView to your layout file. In the palette, find ImageView (Figure 9.14). Drag it into your
component tree as a child of ConstraintLayout, just underneath crime_date.


Figure 9.14  Finding the ImageView

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