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4,895 PointsWe've added a LinearLayout and some more TextViews to this layout. Using only the layout_weight attribute, make these
please help me.Am stuck
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@android:color/white" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/movieTitle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="32sp"
android:text=""
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true" />
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/movieImage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="@id/movieTitle" />
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/movieTitle"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:id="@+id/linearLayout">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text=""
android:id="@+id/textView"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text=""
android:id="@+id/textView2"/>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
2 Answers
Daniel Hartin
18,106 PointsHi
I haven't done this course yet so i'm unsure if you have covered all of the below. I will talk you through it. Inside the parent view (LinerLayout) you need to assign a value that defines how much space is available (I used 100 as it divides by 2 easy, however using any other number divisible by 2 would have been fine) using the following line
android:weightSum="100"
I then added the line android:layout_weight = "50" to each of the text view's, what this means is that 50 of the available 100 should be used by this view (so i had used 80 and 20 instead, the text views would have used 80% and 20% of the space).
I always set the layout_width or layout_height to 0dp (depending on orientation of course) so it doesn't interfere with the weight attributes.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@android:color/white" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/movieTitle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="32sp"
android:text=""
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true" />
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/movieImage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="@id/movieTitle" />
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:weightSum="100"
android:layout_below="@id/movieTitle"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:id="@+id/linearLayout">
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text=""
android:layout_weight="50"
android:id="@+id/textView"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="50"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text=""
android:id="@+id/textView2"/>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Hope this was clear
Thanks Daniel
Mohammed Saif
13,358 Pointsdaym Daniel , thanks :)
channonhall
12,247 Pointschannonhall
12,247 PointsThanks Daniel, I Kinda Got Confused a bit But..You saved me! Thanks!