title: Android: My Help Page comes up BLANK!
body: <p>I am trying to create a very simple help page in my app. The layout xml for the page contains only a textview that displays the help info. In the Eclipse layout view, the layout looks perfect... however, when i try to load it in the emulator (via an OptionsMenu) it comes up as a blank black screen. What am I doing wrong??</p>
  
  <p>Here is the Code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>//This is my Help page code
  
  package com.soapbox.servicerec;
  
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.view.Menu;
  import android.view.MenuItem;
  
  public class HelpPage extends Activity {
  
   private static final int INSERT_ID = Menu.FIRST;
  
   private static final int ACTIVITY_CREATE=0;
  
  
    protected void onCreate(){
     setContentView(R.layout.help_page);
           setTitle(R.string.help_title);
             }
  
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
           super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
           menu.add(0, INSERT_ID, 0, R.string.menu_insert);
           return true;
  }
    public boolean onMenuItemSelected(int featureId, MenuItem item) {
           switch(item.getItemId()) {
               case INSERT_ID:
                   createNote();
                   return true;
           }
           return super.onMenuItemSelected(featureId, item);
    }
    private void createNote() {
           Intent i = new Intent(this, NoteEdit.class);
           startActivityForResult(i, ACTIVITY_CREATE);
  
       }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>AND the layout XML...</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  
       android:layout_height="fill_parent"
       android:orientation="vertical"
       android:background="@android:color/white"&gt;
  
     &lt;TextView android:textSize="16px" android:textColor="@android:color/black" android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
     android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:gravity="center_horizontal" android:paddingLeft="10px" 
     android:paddingRight="10px" android:text="@string/help_text"/&gt;
  
  &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>