I am new to Android development and I have a question about setting weight in a linear layout.
I am trying to create a row with two custom buttons and a custom edit text. The edit text should only take up as much room as its content, and the two buttons should expand horizontally to fill the rest of the available space in the row. Like this...
| [#Button++#] [#Button--#] [et] |
After several attempts this is the closest I can get to what I want, even though it seems overly complicated.
| [Button] [Button] [###ET###] |
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:layout_weight="1"
>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="@+id/btn_plus_container"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<ImageButton
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:id="@+id/btn_plus"
android:background="@drawable/btn"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
></ImageButton>
<TextView
android:textColor="#FAFAF4"
android:id="@+id/tv_dice_plus"
android:text="@string/tv_plus"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
></TextView>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="@+id/btn_minus_container"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<ImageButton
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:id="@+id/btn_minus"
android:background="@drawable/btn"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
></ImageButton>
<TextView
android:textColor="#FAFAF4"
android:id="@+id/btn_minus"
android:text="@string/tv_minus"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
></TextView>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
>
<EditText
android:textColor="#FAFAF4"
android:text="@string/et_output"
android:id="@+id/et_output"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="number"
android:selectAllOnFocus="true"
android:minWidth="50sp"
android:maxWidth="50sp"
android:background="@drawable/tv_black_background3"
android:textColorHighlight="#c30505"
></EditText>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
As I understand setting [android:layout_weight="2"] for the linear layouts holding the buttons should make them take up more room than the edit text, but it does the opposite for me, making them both half the size.
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I have tried so many different combinations I can't even remember them, and none have worked.
android:Layout_weight can be used when you don't attach a fix value to your width already like fill_parent etc.
Do something like this :
<Button>
Android:layout_width="0dp"
Android:layout_weight=1
-----other parameters
</Button>
One more reason I found (vague as it may sound). The below did not work.
LinearLayout vertical
LinearLayout height fillparent + weight
LinearLayout height fillparent + weight
LinearLayout height fillparent + weight
EndLinearLayout
What did work was
RelativeLayout
LinearLayout vertical
LinearLayout height fillparent + weight
LinearLayout height fillparent + weight
LinearLayout height fillparent + weight
EndLinearLayout
EndRelativeLayout
It sounds vague by a root layout with Linear and weights under it did not work. And when I say "did not work", I mean, that after I viewed the graphical layout between various resolutions the screen consistency broke big time.
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/linear1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:weightSum="9"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/ring_oss"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="3"
android:src="@drawable/ring_oss" />
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/maila_oss"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="3"
android:src="@drawable/maila_oss" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/edittxt"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="3"
android:src="@drawable/maila_oss" />
</LinearLayout>
In the linearLayout set the WeightSum=2;
And distribute the weight to its childs as you want them to display.. I have given weight ="1" to the child .So both will distribute half of the total.
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/linear1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:weightSum="2"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/ring_oss"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="@drawable/ring_oss" />
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/maila_oss"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="@drawable/maila_oss" />
</LinearLayout>
i would suppose to set the EditTexts width to wrap_content and put the two buttons into a LinearLayout whose width is fill_parent and weight set to 1.
Think it that way, will be simpler
If you have 3 buttons and their weights are 1,3,1 accordingly, it will work like table in HTML
Provide 5 portions for that line: 1 portion for button 1, 3 portion for button 2 and 1 portion for button 1
weight values 0-1 share distribution of available space (after setting layout_width="0px") in proportion to the weight value. View elements with weight not specified (no weight entry) get weight 0 which means they get no expansion.
A simple alternative with no weight entries needed is to attach marquee to a view with text which tells it to expand from minimum needed for the text (wrap_content) to space available EditText: android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:ellipsize="marquee"
Source: Stackoverflow.com