fun populateInterests() {

        interestDatabase.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(object : ValueEventListener {
            override fun onCancelled(p0: DatabaseError) {
            }

            override fun onDataChange(p0: DataSnapshot) {

                for (snapshot in p0.children) {

                    var interestsFromDB = snapshot.getValue(String::class.java)

                    // added X
                    var interestsFromDBX = interestsFromDB.plus("  X")

                    val textView = TextView(this@InterestsActivity, null, 0, R.style.Interest)

                    textView.layoutParams =
                        LinearLayout.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT)
                    val param = textView.layoutParams as LinearLayout.LayoutParams
                    textView.gravity = Gravity.CENTER
                    param.setMargins(70, 35, 0, 35)
                    textView.layoutParams = param
                    textView.setText(interestsFromDBX)
                    interestsContainerLinear.addView(textView)

                    ++viewCounter

                    if (viewCounter == 10) {
                        numberOfIntTextView.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#f47742"))
                    }

                    var interestCounter = viewCounter.toString().plus("/10")

                    numberOfIntTextView.setText(interestCounter)

                    textView.setOnClickListener {
                        interestsContainerLinear.removeView(textView)
                        --viewCounter
                        if (viewCounter != 10) {
                            numberOfIntTextView.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#808080"))
                        }
                        var interestCounter = viewCounter.toString().plus("/10")
                        numberOfIntTextView.setText(interestCounter)

                        var key = snapshot.key.toString()

                        interestDatabase.child(key).removeValue()

                        Log.d("TAG", key)

                    }
                }
            }
        })
    }