Motorola Droid X

LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.layout); // delete R.id.layout
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(); 
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.layout); // re-write this code R.id.layout

public class MainActivity extends ListActivity {
    private class Sample {
        private CharSequence title;
        private Class<? extends Activity> activityClass;

        public Sample(int titleResId, Class<? extends Activity> activityClass) {
            this.activityClass = activityClass;
            this.title = getResources().getString(titleResId);
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return title.toString();
        }
    }

    private static Sample[] mSamples;

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // Instantiate the list of samples.
        mSamples = new Sample[]{
                new Sample(R.string.title_first_app, FirstActivity.class),
                new Sample(R.string.title_second_app, SecondActivity.class),
                new Sample(R.string.title_third_app, ThirdActivity.class),
        };

        setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<Sample>(this,
                android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
                android.R.id.text1,
                mSamples));
    }

    @Override
    protected void onListItemClick(ListView listView, View view, int position, long id) {
        // Launch the sample associated with this list position.
        startActivity(new Intent(MainActivity.this, mSamples[position].activityClass));
    }
}

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/myEdit" 
	android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:hint="Some text"
	android:singleLine="true"
</EditText>	

// setHint(CharSequence hint) example
(EditText)findViewById(R.id.myEdit).setHint("My text");
// or int resId as method setHint(int resId) 
EditText myEdit = findViewById(R.id.myEdit);
myEdit.setHint(R.string.app_name);

    protected void showAbout() {
        // Inflate the about message contents
        View messageView = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.about, null, false);

        // When linking text, force to always use default color. This works
        // around a pressed color state bug.
        TextView textView = (TextView) messageView.findViewById(R.id.about_credits);
        int defaultColor = textView.getTextColors().getDefaultColor();
        textView.setTextColor(defaultColor);

        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
        builder.setIcon(R.drawable.app_icon);
        builder.setTitle(R.string.app_name);
        builder.setView(messageView);
        builder.create();
        builder.show();
    }

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
          //www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-->

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="//schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:padding="20dip">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="16sp"
        android:text="@string/app_descrip"
        android:textColor="?android:attr/textColorPrimaryInverse" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/about_credits"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:paddingTop="20dip"
        android:textSize="16sp"
        android:text="@string/app_credits"
        android:autoLink="web"
        android:textColor="?android:attr/textColorPrimaryInverse" />

</LinearLayout>