Adding blank spaces to layout

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I am trying to make empty lines within android   This is what I have been doing   android layout width  fill parent   android layout height  wrap content   android text   n n    I want to know if there is a better way   Thanks

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View if you need change background color   Space if not    that dosent mean you have to change view background     lt View     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  20dp      android background   color YOUR BACKGROUND  gt   lt  View gt    or Space    lt Space         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  20dp             gt

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Below is the simple way to create blank line with line size  Here we can adjust size of the blank line  Try this one               lt TextView             android id   id textView              android layout width  match parent              android layout height  wrap content              android textSize  5dp   gt

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If you don t need the gap to be exactly 2 lines high  you can add an empty view like this          lt View         android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  30dp  gt       lt  View gt

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Just add weightSum tag to linearlayout to 1 and for the corresponding view beneath it give layout weight as  9 it will create a space between the views  You can experiment with the values to get appropriate value for you

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I strongly disagree with CaspNZ s approach   First of all  this invisible view will be measured because it is  fill parent   Android will try to calculate the right width of it  Instead  a small constant number  1dp  is recommended here   Secondly  View should be replaced by a simpler class Space  a class dedicated to create empty spaces between UI component for fastest speed

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lt View     android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  30dp      android background   80000000  gt   lt  View gt

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if you want to give the space between layout  this is the way to use space  if you remove margin it will not appear use of text inside space to appear is not a good approach  hope that helps    lt Space         android layout width  match content          android layout height  wrap content          android layout margin  2sp    gt

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Use Space or View to add a specific amount of space  For 30 vertical density pixels    lt Space   android layout width  1dp    android layout height  30dp   gt    If you need a flexible space-filler  use View between items in a LinearLayout    lt View   android layout width  1dp    android layout height  match parent    android layout weight  1   gt    or   lt View   android layout width  1dp    android layout height  0dp    android layout weight  1   gt    This works for most layouts for API 14  amp  later  except widgets  use FrameLayout instead     Updated 9 2014 to use Space  Hat tip to  Sean

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The previous answers didn t work in my case  However  creating an empty item in the menu does    lt menu xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto      xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt           lt item   gt         lt  menu gt

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Agree with all the answers      also        lt TextView android text                  android layout width  match parent                android layout height  30dp                android layout weight  2    gt    should work    I am just messing with others as TextView is my favourite  waste of memory though

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This can by be achieved by using space or view   Space is lightweight but not much flexible    View occupies a rectangular area on the screen and is responsible for drawing and event handling  View is more customizable  you can add background  draw shapes like space   Implementing Space      Eg  Space For 20 vertical and 10 horizontal density pixels    lt Space   android layout width  10dp    android layout height  20dp   gt    Implementing View     Eg  View For 20 vertical and 10 horizontal density pixels including a background color      lt View        android layout width  10dp         android layout height  20dp         android background   color bg color   gt    Space for string formatting using HTML entity    amp  160  for non-breakable whitespace   amp  032  for regular space

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An updated Answer  Since API 14  you can use  Space  View  as described in the documentation      Space is a lightweight View subclass that may be used to create gaps between components in general purpose layouts

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there is a better way to do this  just use the code below and change according to what you want the size of the blank area        lt Space             android layout width  wrap content              android layout height  32dp              android layout column  0              android layout row  10    gt    if you are using with the grid layoout then only use    android layout row  10    gt

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try this  in layout xml     lt TextView         android id    id xxx          android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android textAppearance   android attr textAppearanceLarge          android text   string empty spaces    gt    in strings xml     lt string name  empty spaces  gt  t t lt  string gt    it worked for me

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