The Android Developers Blog post introducing GridLayout
shows this diagram of how spans impact automatic index allocation:
I am attempting to actually implement that using a GridLayout
. Here is what I have so far:
<android.support.v7.widget.GridLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.commonsware.android.gridlayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
app:orientation="horizontal"
app:columnCount="8">
<Button
app:layout_columnSpan="2"
app:layout_rowSpan="2"
android:layout_gravity="fill_horizontal"
android:text="@string/string_1"/>
<Button
app:layout_columnSpan="2"
android:layout_gravity="fill_horizontal"
android:text="@string/string_2"/>
<Button
app:layout_rowSpan="4"
android:text="@string/string_3"/>
<Button
app:layout_columnSpan="3"
app:layout_rowSpan="2"
android:layout_gravity="fill_horizontal"
android:text="@string/string_4"/>
<Button
app:layout_columnSpan="3"
android:layout_gravity="fill_horizontal"
android:text="@string/string_5"/>
<Button
app:layout_columnSpan="2"
android:layout_gravity="fill_horizontal"
android:text="@string/string_6"/>
<android.support.v7.widget.Space
app:layout_column="0"
android:layout_width="36dp"
/>
<android.support.v7.widget.Space
android:layout_width="36dp"
/>
<android.support.v7.widget.Space
android:layout_width="36dp"
/>
<android.support.v7.widget.Space
android:layout_width="36dp"
/>
<android.support.v7.widget.Space
android:layout_width="36dp"
/>
<android.support.v7.widget.Space
android:layout_width="36dp"
/>
<android.support.v7.widget.Space
android:layout_width="36dp"
/>
<android.support.v7.widget.Space
android:layout_width="36dp"
/>
</android.support.v7.widget.GridLayout>
I had to introduce the <Space>
elements to ensure each column had a minimum width, otherwise, I would have a bunch of zero-width columns.
However, even with them, I get this:
Notably:
Despite android:layout_gravity="fill_horizontal"
, my widgets with column spans do not fill the spanned columns
Despite the android:layout_rowSpan
values, nothing spans rows
Can anyone reproduce the diagram from the blog post using a GridLayout
?
Thanks!
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You have to set both layout_gravity and layout_columntWeight on your columns
<android.support.v7.widget.GridLayout
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="wrap_content">
<TextView android:text="??? ???"
app:layout_gravity="fill_horizontal"
app:layout_columnWeight="1"
/>
<TextView android:text="??? ???"
app:layout_gravity="fill_horizontal"
app:layout_columnWeight="1"
/>
<TextView android:text="??? ???"
app:layout_gravity="fill_horizontal"
app:layout_columnWeight="1"
/>
</android.support.v7.widget.GridLayout>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<GridLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:columnCount="8"
android:rowCount="7" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="50dip"
android:layout_height="50dip"
android:layout_columnSpan="2"
android:layout_rowSpan="2"
android:background="#a30000"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="1"
android:textColor="@android:color/white"
android:textSize="20dip" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="50dip"
android:layout_height="25dip"
android:layout_columnSpan="2"
android:layout_rowSpan="1"
android:background="#0c00a3"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="2"
android:textColor="@android:color/white"
android:textSize="20dip" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="25dip"
android:layout_height="100dip"
android:layout_columnSpan="1"
android:layout_rowSpan="4"
android:background="#00a313"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="3"
android:textColor="@android:color/white"
android:textSize="20dip" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="75dip"
android:layout_height="50dip"
android:layout_columnSpan="3"
android:layout_rowSpan="2"
android:background="#a29100"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="4"
android:textColor="@android:color/white"
android:textSize="20dip" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="75dip"
android:layout_height="25dip"
android:layout_columnSpan="3"
android:layout_rowSpan="1"
android:background="#a500ab"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="5"
android:textColor="@android:color/white"
android:textSize="20dip" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="50dip"
android:layout_height="25dip"
android:layout_columnSpan="2"
android:layout_rowSpan="1"
android:background="#00a9ab"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="6"
android:textColor="@android:color/white"
android:textSize="20dip" />
</GridLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Starting from API 21, the GridLayout now supports the weight like LinearLayout. For details please see the link below:
Android Support V7 GridLayout library makes excess space distribution easy by accommodating the principle of weight. To make a column stretch, make sure the components inside it define a weight or a gravity. To prevent a column from stretching, ensure that one of the components in the column does not define a weight or a gravity. Remember to add dependency for this library. Add com.android.support:gridlayout-v7:25.0.1 in build.gradle.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.GridLayout 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"
app:columnCount="2"
app:rowCount="2">
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="First"
app:layout_columnWeight="1"
app:layout_rowWeight="1" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Second"
app:layout_columnWeight="1"
app:layout_rowWeight="1" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Third"
app:layout_columnWeight="1"
app:layout_rowWeight="1" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:gravity="center"
app:layout_columnWeight="1"
app:layout_rowWeight="1"
android:text="fourth"/>
</android.support.v7.widget.GridLayout>
Source: Stackoverflow.com