What is setContentView(R.layout.main)?

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In Android the visual design is stored in XML files and each Activity is associated to a design.

setContentView(R.layout.main)

R means Resource

layout means design

main is the xml you have created under res->layout->main.xml

Whenever you want to change the current look of an Activity or when you move from one Activity to another, the new Activity must have a design to show. We call setContentView in onCreate with the desired design as argument.

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