setting textColor in TextView in layout/main.xml main layout file not referencing colors.xml file. (It wants a #RRGGBB instead of @color/text_color)

Question

I\'m trying to set some general colors for a program I\'m writing. I created a colors.xml file and am trying to directly reference the colors from the layout.xml file. I bel

Answer 1

A variation using just standard color code:

android:textColor="#ff0000"