TextView was added in API Level 1
1. Create an Android project, if you don't already have one.
2. Open the main.xml file and add the below code to add a TextView to the XML file between the Layout tags.
** For API Level < 8, use fill_parent
** For API Level 8+, use match_parent (fill_parent is deprecated)
<TextView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
/>
</LinearLayout>
3. Compile and run!
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