Android: How to put a solid colored rectangle in the layout?

Question

I have a RelativeLayout that inflates just fine. I would like to add a solid colored rectangle that spans the width of the layout at the top. I tried putting the following in my xml:

<view android:id="@+id/top_alert"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="2dp"
    android:layout_above="@+id/orders_gridview"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:background="@color/table_request_assistance"
    android:visibility="visible"/>

Now, when I try to inflate my layout, I get a NullPointerException in LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag (line 715):

if (name.equals(TAG_1995)) {

name installed earlier:

if (name.equals("view")) {
    name = attrs.getAttributeValue(null, "class");
}

Obviously, the "class" attribute is missing. How to add this? I can not find anything close at http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android . Should I add it? Is this the standard way to do this? It seems like it should be the easiest thing in the world.

Answer 1

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<View android:id="@+id/rectangle_at_the_top"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="10dp"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:background="#DDDDDD"
    android:visibility="visible"/>

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