[android] Android: Center an image

I've got a linear layout and an image...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">

<ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/imageView1"
 android:src="@drawable/icon" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:scaleType="center"></ImageView>

</LinearLayout>

How do I dynamically center my image so that it will appear in the center of the screen on all devices?

Technically both answers above are correct, but since you are setting your ImageView to fill_parent instead of wrap_content, the image within is not centered, but the ImageView itself is.

Give your ImageView the attributes:

android:scaleType="centerInside"
android:gravity="center"

The scaleType is really only necessary in this case if the image exceeds the size of the ImageView. You may also want different scaleTypes. In conclusion, android:gravity is what you're looking for in this case, but if your ImageView is set to wrap_content, you should set the ImageView's gravity (android:layout_gravity) to be centered within the parent.

This worked for me

<LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:orientation="horizontal" >

        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:contentDescription="@string/Logo"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:scaleType="centerInside"
            android:src="@drawable/logo" />

    </LinearLayout>

change layout weight according you will get....

Enter this:

 <LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:layout_weight="0.03">
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:scaleType="centerInside"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:src="@drawable/logo" />

</LinearLayout>

try this.

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:scaleType="centerInside"
        android:src="@drawable/logo" />

</LinearLayout>    

What did it for me was

LinearLayout
     RelativeLayout
          <ImageView
              width... 
              height..
     --->     android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

cheers!

android:scaleType ="centerInside" --> this line use to center an image,, but you need to keep height and width of an image as wrap_context

 <ImageView
            android:id ="@+id/imageView6"
            android:layout_width ="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height ="wrap_content"
            android:scaleType ="centerInside"
            android:layout_marginTop ="20dp"
            app:srcCompat ="@drawable/myimage" />

Simply add this to your ImageView.

android:layout_gravity="center" 

If you are using a LinearLayout , use the gravity attribute :

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical" 
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center">

    <ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:src="@drawable/icon"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:scaleType="centerInside" />
</LinearLayout>

If you are using a RelativeLayout , you can use android:layout_centerInParent as follows :

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <ImageView android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:src="@drawable/icon"
        android:scaleType="centerInside"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

Here are 2 ways you can center an image (or images) both vertically and horizontally in LinearLayout.

(1) Use the android:layout_gravity="center" attribute in ImageView

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"> 
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:src="@drawable/icon"
        android:layout_gravity="center"/>
</LinearLayout>

How this works: the android:layout_gravity="center" attribute in ImageView centers itself (i.e. the image) vertically and horizontally relative to its parent (LinearLayout).

-- OR --

(2) Alternatively, you can use the android:gravity="center" attribute in LinearLayout and omit the android:layout_gravity="center" attribute in ImageView :

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center"> 
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:src="@drawable/icon"
        android:layout_gravity="center"/>
</LinearLayout>

How this works: the android:gravity="center" attribute in LinearLayout centers its child/children (in this case, it's the image) vertically and horizontally.

You can also use this,

android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

The image will be placed at the center of the screen

Another method. (in Relative tested, but I think in Linear would be also works)

    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:adjustViewBounds="true"
    android:gravity="center"

If you use Eclipse you can choose graphical layout when *.xml file is active. On the top, you will find the Structure and option Adjust View Bounds. It will cut short all dimensions of pseudo-frame (blue rectangle) to size of your drawable file.

See also the scaleType option with make funny your image. Try it in Eclipse ;)

First of all, you need to use 'match_parent' and don't use 'fill_parent' in the LinearLayout declaration, you could check the "official documentation" here https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/ViewGroup.LayoutParams.html#MATCH_PARENT Another observation is that you need to use the ImageView as a child, then use ImageView should be self-closing; this means that it should end with '/>'. Then let me show you some fast ideas: 1- As natural way

<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"    
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
><ImageView 
android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="@+id/imageView1"
android:src="@drawable/ocean" android:scaleType="center"/> </LinearLayout>

Then looks like 2- You could improvise fastly

<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#ffffff"
/><ImageView 
android:layout_width="match_parent" 
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="@+id/imageView1"
android:scaleType="center"/><ImageView 
android:layout_width="match_parent" 
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="@+id/imageView1"
android:src="@drawable/ocean"
android:scaleType="center"/>
<ImageView 
android:layout_width="match_parent" 
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="@+id/imageView1"
android:background="#ffffff"
android:scaleType="center"/></LinearLayout>

And then looks like

3- Other ideas could be born in that way, for instance this one

<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"    
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
><ImageView 
android:layout_width="300dp" 
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:id="@+id/imageView1"
/><ImageView 
android:layout_width="300dp" 
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:id="@+id/imageView1"
android:src="@drawable/ocean" 
/> 
<ImageView 
android:layout_width="300dp" 
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:id="@+id/imageView1"
/> </LinearLayout>

Lokking like this

Other possibility

<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#ffffff"
><ImageView 
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:src="@drawable/ocean"
android:id="@+id/imageView1"
android:scaleType="center"/><ImageView 
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="@+id/imageView1"
android:background="#ffffff"
android:scaleType="center"/>
<ImageView 
android:layout_width="match_parent" 
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="@+id/imageView1"
android:background="#ffffff"
    android:src="@drawable/ocean"
android:scaleType="center"/></LinearLayout>

As we have been seeing, you could use 'hidden spaces' or 'spaces with background color' to fastly solve some trouble, obviously, this is not always a possibility