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Empty Exposed Dropdown menu when placed inside a custom dialog layout

I'm trying to implement an Exposed Dropdown menu on an AlertDialog with a custom layout defined in dialog_main_createremote.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="10dp">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Name"
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/dialog_main_textinput"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox.ExposedDropdownMenu"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:hint="Category">
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:id="#+id/dialog_main_dropdown"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:inputType="none"/>
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
</LinearLayout>
As per Material Design Guidelines, items need a layout for the dropdown menu to appear, so I created the following in the dropdown_item.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="16dp"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"
android:textAppearance="?attr/textAppearanceSubtitle1" />
Finally, I started to generate the AlertDialog with a MaterialAlertDialogBuilder, then defined and instantiated a LayoutInflater which I used to get dialog's custom view and get access to the setAdapter method, but after setting the adapter and showing the dialog all I can get is an Outlined TextInputLayout without any dropdown menu.
So that's it, thanks in advance for any suggestions/solutions, also, as you may have noticed, I'm new to android development, so, if possible and of course, if you have time in your hands, elaborate your answer or point to a specific resource where I could get more info.
MainActivity.java:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private RemoteListViewModel remoteListViewModel;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
RecyclerView recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.main_recyclerview);
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));
recyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true);
final RemoteAdapter adapter = new RemoteAdapter();
recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);
remoteListViewModel = new ViewModelProvider(this).get(RemoteListViewModel.class);
remoteListViewModel.getAllRemotes().observe(this, new Observer<List<Remote>>() {
#Override
public void onChanged(#Nullable List<Remote> remotes) {
adapter.setRemotes(remotes);
}
});
ExtendedFloatingActionButton createButton = findViewById(R.id.create_efab);
createButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
MaterialAlertDialogBuilder builder = new MaterialAlertDialogBuilder(MainActivity.this);
LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(MainActivity.this);
final View inflatedView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.dialog_main_createremote, null);
AutoCompleteTextView actv = inflatedView.findViewById(R.id.dialog_main_dropdown);
String categories[] = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.categories);
actv.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter(MainActivity.this, R.layout.dropdown_item, categories));
builder.setView(R.layout.dialog_main_createremote);
builder.setTitle("Set control params");
builder.setNegativeButton("Nope", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
dialog.dismiss();
}
});
builder.setPositiveButton("Okey", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
dialog.dismiss();
}
});
builder.show();
}
});
}
}

Issue using 2 different recyclerView in 2 activities with 1 room database

Good day - I'm new to recyclerViews and connecting to Room database. I've got one working with the help from a tutorial and now I want to add to it. My aim is to:
Implement a Room database which in turn presents data to the user via a recyclerView.
Have 1 recyclerView in the main activity and a 2nd recyclerView in a second activity. I'm trying to have a different layout in each activity as shown in the following links.
Main activity:
Second activity:
The issue I'm having is even though the XML files are unique for each activity, along with the variables within, the name of the recyclerView, and also the methods for each activity, the layout in the second activity shows in the first activity.
activity_main has the following:
<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:layout_marginTop="100dp"
android:id="#+id/recycler_view111"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="114dp"
tools:listitem="#layout/testing" />
The second activity XML file has the following:
<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/recycler_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="488dp"
tools:listitem="#layout/testing1_item" />
Can someone please help me identify why the same recyclerView is shown across the 2 activities please?
To trouble-shoot, I've:
Gone through all the XML files to ensure there is no issue with the names of the files/methods etc.
Copied the layout from the activity_main xml and applied it to the second xml file. This then in turn displayed the layout that I'm testing within in MainActivity across both activities.
MainActivity uses the activity_main.xml which uses a test file called testing.xml - code as follows:
MainActivity:
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), AllWordsActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
RecyclerView recyclerView111 = findViewById(R.id.recycler_view111);
recyclerView111.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));
recyclerView111.setHasFixedSize(true);
NoteAdapter adapter = new NoteAdapter();
recyclerView111.setAdapter(adapter);
noteViewModel.getAllNotes().observe(this, new Observer<List<Note>>()
{
#Override
public void onChanged(List<Note> notes)
{
adapter.setNotes(notes);
}
});
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<Button
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="50dp"
android:layout_marginTop="500dp"
android:layout_marginRight="50dp"
android:background="#color/cardview_shadow_start_color"
android:maxLines="1"
android:text="Open new Activity!"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textSize="20dp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:layout_marginTop="100dp"
android:id="#+id/recycler_view111"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="114dp"
tools:listitem="#layout/testing" />
</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
testing.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="8dp">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_view_priority1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:textColorHighlight="#color/black"
android:text="1"
android:textAppearance="#style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_view_title1"
android:layout_width="323dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginStart="183dp"
android:layout_toStartOf="#id/text_view_priority1"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"
android:text="Title1"
android:textAppearance="#style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_view_description1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_below="#id/text_view_title1"
android:text="Description1" />
</RelativeLayout>
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
The second activity is based on a class called AllWordsActivity" which uses activity_all_words which uses note_item test - code as follows:
AllWordsActivity.java
private NoteViewModel noteViewModel;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_all_words);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
RecyclerView recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.recycler_view);
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));
recyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true);
NoteAdapter adapter = new NoteAdapter();
recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);
//noteViewModel = ViewModelProviders.of(this).get(NoteViewModel.class);
noteViewModel.getAllNotes().observe(this, new Observer<List<Note>>()
{
#Override
public void onChanged(List<Note> notes)
{
adapter.setNotes(notes);
}
});
activity_all_words.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".AllWordsActivity">
<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/recycler_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="488dp"
tools:listitem="#layout/note_item" />
</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
note_item.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="8dp">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_view_priority"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:textColor="#color/purple_500"
android:text="1"
android:textAppearance="#style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_view_title"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Title"
android:textAppearance="#style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large"
android:maxLines="1"
android:layout_toStartOf="#id/text_view_priority"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:ellipsize="end"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_view_description"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/text_view_title"
android:text="Description" />
</RelativeLayout>
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
Code for noteAdapter:
```public class NoteAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<NoteAdapter.NoteHolder>
{
private List notes = new ArrayList<>();
#NonNull
#Override
public NoteHolder onCreateViewHolder(#NonNull ViewGroup parent, int viewType)
{
View itemView = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext())
.inflate(R.layout.note_item, parent, false);
return new NoteHolder(itemView);
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(#NonNull NoteHolder holder, int position)
{
Note currentNote = notes.get(position);
holder.textViewTitle.setText(currentNote.getTitle());
holder.textViewDescription.setText(currentNote.getDescription());
holder.textViewPriority.setText(String.valueOf(currentNote.getPriority()));
}
#Override
public int getItemCount()
{
return notes.size();
}
public void setNotes(List<Note> notes)
{
this.notes = notes;
notifyDataSetChanged();
}```

The problem is that both activities use the same adapter for their list view: NoteAdapter adapter = new NoteAdapter();. In turn, NoteAdapter only inflates note_item.xml for each item in the list:
View itemView = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext())
.inflate(R.layout.note_item, parent, false);
To fix this, you need to either change NoteAdapter to work with multiple layout files for its rows. Or you need to create a different adapter for each RecyclerView.
Original Answer:
It sounds like you are seeing the same items displaying in both of your recycler views. The problem is that both the MainActivity and the AllWordsActivity have these lines:
NoteAdapter adapter = new NoteAdapter();
recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);
noteViewModel.getAllNotes().observe(this, new Observer<List<Note>>()
{
#Override
public void onChanged(List<Note> notes)
{
adapter.setNotes(notes);
}
});
So both activities are getting data from the same ViewModel to display. To display different data, use a different ViewModel in the MainActivity.
p.s. I suggest using consistent naming. You have AllWordsActivity and NotesAdapater. Either use AllWords or Notes, but don't mix and match.

How do I make a Dialog Fragment's background invisible?

I used youtuber Coding in Flow's method to create a custom dialog. I've been trying all day to make the dialog's background transparent. I've used every single method I've found online. Non worked.
Here's how it goes:
First here's the Dialog layout layout_dialog.xml :
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
android:background="#drawable/dialog_background">
<!-- The contents of the Dialog go here -->
</RelativeLayout>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iconImageView2"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="0dp"
android:background="?attr/actionBarItemBackground"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
app:srcCompat="#android:mipmap/sym_def_app_icon" />
</RelativeLayout>
Here's the Dialog class:
public class DialogBrightness extends AppCompatDialogFragment {
//declare whatever variables here
#Override
public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
LayoutInflater inflater = getActivity().getLayoutInflater();
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.layout_dialog, null);
builder.setView(view)
.setTitle("Login")
.setNegativeButton("cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int i) {
}
})
.setPositiveButton("ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int i) {
//get whatever values
listener.apply(//values);
}
});
//findViewById for your dialog contents here
return builder.create();
}
public interface DialogBrightnessListener {
void apply(//values);
}
}
And here's the Dialog being called from the Main activity:
DialogBrightness dialogBrightness = new DialogBrightness();
dialogBrightness.show(getSupportFragmentManager(), "Brightness Dialog");
This is how the Dialog appears:
I'm trying to make the top white part invisible. Nothing works!

Try this:
put the code below in the onCreateDialog:
// set the dialog background to transparent
getDialog().getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(newColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));
// remove background dim
getDialog().getWindow().setDimAmount(0);

You can design the layout like following. There is an extra layout, but in case of dialogs, it will help

Try this:
set the background color of the parent layout to:
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
like this:
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#android:color/transparent" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
android:background="#drawable/dialog_background">
<!-- The contents of the Dialog go here -->
</RelativeLayout>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iconImageView2"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="0dp"
android:background="?attr/actionBarItemBackground"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
app:srcCompat="#android:mipmap/sym_def_app_icon" />
</RelativeLayout>

Android Studio onClick not working in BindViewHolder

I want to start an activity when i click on one of the item of my RecyclerView. Unfortunately when i click on an item nothing happens and I'm stuck here.
I think the code into the onClick method is right (But maybe I'm wrong). I tried to add a Log.d to see if the listener works but i can't see it in the logcat when i click on an item. I'm new on programming so it can be a stupid error. Thanks for help :)
public class UsersRecyclerAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<UsersRecyclerAdapter.ViewHolder> {
private Context context;
private List<Users> usersList;
public UsersRecyclerAdapter(Context context, List<Users> usersList) {
this.context = context;
this.usersList = usersList;
}
#Override
public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext())
.inflate(R.layout.users_row, parent, false);
return new ViewHolder(view, context);
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, int position) {
final Users users = usersList.get(position);
holder.firstName.setText(users.getFirstName());
holder.lastName.setText(users.getLastName());
holder.classe.setText(users.getClasse());
String avatarURL = users.getAvatar();
Picasso.get().load(avatarURL).into(holder.avatar);
holder.itemView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
Log.i("MyApp","I am here");
context = view.getContext();
Intent intent = new Intent(context, PDFPostListActivity.class);
// String userID = users.getUserID();
// intent.putExtra("userID", userID);
context.startActivity(intent);
}
});
}
EDIT. Here is the root view (users_row):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp">
<HorizontalScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageViewAVATAR"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:paddingBottom="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:paddingTop="10dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textViewfistName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="21sp"
android:textStyle="italic" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textViewlastName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="21sp"
android:textStyle="italic" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textViewclass"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="21sp"
android:textStyle="italic" />
</LinearLayout>
</HorizontalScrollView>
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>

What's the root view of the view holder? Set it to be clickable since you set onClickListener on itemView of view holder.

Great thanks to #Mike M. who rapidly answer in the comment below the question. I paste the message:
When you call setOnClickListener() on itemView, it's setting that on the , since that's the outermost View there. The nested within it is preventing it from receiving click events. Assuming that's all that going to be in that layout, then the simplest fix would probably be to simply set the OnClickListener on the instead. You'll need to give it an android:id, find it with findViewById() just like you did the TextViews, and then call setOnClickListener() on that, instead of itemView.

How to make View appear when button is clicked in android

How is that possible? Thanks! Should I put my View (RelativeLayout) on-top another View and make it invisible and when the user clicks the button it sets it to visible? Or is there another easier way that opens a Dialog(?) in the middle of the screen?
Thanks!

You need a layout to put the child view onto. Safest is Linear Layout since adding multiple child is easy
Fisrt create a xml file in layouts.
for eg in layout
add a file named say iv.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv_iv"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="120dp"
android:padding="2dp"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:src="#drawable/person_default_page" />
In the layout where you want to add create a linear layout with some it say #+id/Row_id
Then in the code when you need to add the view
LinearLayout ll = = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.Row_id);
ll.removeAllViews();
View element = LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.iv, ll, false);
ImageView image_iv = (ImageView) element.findViewById(R.id.ri_iv);
ll.addView(element);

Yes you can make it with an alert dialog. If you want to customize dialog use this
-First create an xml for your dialog
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/header_logo"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="64dp"
android:scaleType="center"
android:background="#FFFFBB33"
android:contentDescription="#string/app_name" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/username"
android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
android:layout_marginRight="4dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="4dp"
android:hint="#string/username" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/password"
android:inputType="textPassword"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
android:layout_marginRight="4dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="16dp"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
android:hint="#string/password"/>
and override this method
#Override
public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
// Get the layout inflater
LayoutInflater inflater = getActivity().getLayoutInflater();
// Inflate and set the layout for the dialog
// Pass null as the parent view because its going in the dialog layout
builder.setView(inflater.inflate(R.layout.dialog_signin, null))
// Add action buttons
.setPositiveButton(R.string.signin, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
// sign in the user ...
}
})
.setNegativeButton(R.string.cancel, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
LoginDialogFragment.this.getDialog().cancel();
}
});
return builder.create();
}
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