Android - Center TextView Horizontally in LinearLayout

Question

I have the following basic layout   lt LinearLayout     xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android orientation  vertical      android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  fill parent  gt    lt LinearLayout     android orientation  horizontal      android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  wrap content      android background   drawable title bar background  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  wrap content          android layout gravity  center horizontal          android textAppearance   android attr textAppearanceLarge          android padding  10dp          android text  HELLO WORLD    gt        lt  LinearLayout gt   lt LinearLayout gt    It seems like the xml is correct but the text is aligned to the left  The textview takes up the entire width of the parent and the textview is set to be centered  Not sure what the problem is

User · Answer

Use android gravity  center  in TextView instead of layout gravity

User · Answer

If you set  lt TextView gt  in center in  lt Linearlayout gt  then first put android layout width  fill parent  compulsory No need of using any other gravity         lt LinearLayout             android layout toRightOf    id linear profile               android layout height  wrap content              android layout width  fill parent              android orientation  vertical              android gravity  center horizontal  gt               lt TextView                  android layout height  wrap content                  android layout width  wrap content                  android text  It s hhhhhhhh                      android textColor   color Black                     gt       lt  LinearLayout gt

User · Answer

Just use  android layout centerHorizontal  true    It will put the whole textview in the center

User · Answer

lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  android orientation  vertical  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent  gt    lt LinearLayout android orientation  horizontal  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  wrap content  android background   drawable title bar background  gt    lt TextView     android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  wrap content      android gravity  center      android textAppearance   android attr textAppearanceLarge      android padding  10dp      android text  HELLO WORLD    gt    lt  LinearLayout gt

User · Answer

What s happening is that since the the TextView is filling the whole width of the inner LinearLayout it is already in the horizontal center of the layout  When you use android layout gravity it places the widget  as a whole  in the gravity specified  Instead of placing the whole widget center what you re really trying to do is place the content in the center which can be accomplished with android gravity  center horizontal  and the android layout gravity attribute can be removed

[android] Android - Center TextView Horizontally in LinearLayout

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