Why doesn't R.color.white work where Color.WHITE does?

android, android-layout, android-resources

Solution

You need to use `ll.setBackgroundResource(R.color.white)`

Problem

I'm trying to set the background of a very simple layout: ``` LinearLayout ll = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.simple_layout); ``` This works: ``` ll.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE); ``` But this doesn't: ``` ll.setBackgroundColor(R.color.white); ``` And yes, I verified that `R.color.white` is defined in a colors.xml file under `/res/values`. What am I missing?

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