Building the LoginActivity

Let's move back into the Chat.Droid project; before we create our Activity we need to create the layout using a new XML sheet. Add a new file called LoginView.xml into the Resources | layout and implement the following:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/tableLayout" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical" android:gravity="center" android:background="#FFFFFF"> <TextView android:id="@+id/titleTextView" android:text="Chat" android:fontFamily="helvetica" android:textStyle="bold" android:textSize="22dp" android:textColor="#000000" android:paddingBottom="20dp" android:layout_width="wrap_content" ...

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