Meaning of "No label views point to this text field" warning message

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user2447702 picture user2447702 · Jun 3, 2013 · Viewed 35.8k times · Source

What is the meaning of this warning?

No label views point to this text field with an android:labelFor="@ id/@ id/editText1" attribute

Note that the double id (@id/@id) is a problem with the error message text and does not reflect the XML content (which is the correct syntax).

Answer

Miro Markaravanes picture Miro Markaravanes · Jun 3, 2013

The labelFor is an attribute for accessibility options. You assign this to a label so that if, on a form , user clicks a textedit field , android can know what to read (TalkBack) to user.

The id you assigned to it doesn't seem to be a valid one. why there are two @id in the id? Use ids like this: @id/editText1

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