How to center a View inside of an Android Layout

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I want to put a layout in the center of the screen

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You can apply a centering to any View  including a Layout  by using the XML attribute android layout gravity    You probably want to give it the value  center    You can find a reference of possible values for this option here  http   developer android com reference android widget LinearLayout LayoutParams html attr android layout gravity

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I use          android layout centerInParent  true  and it worked

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I was able to center a view using    android layout centerHorizontal  true     and   android layout centerVertical  true     params

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It will work for that code sometimes need both properties   android layout gravity  center  android layout centerHorizontal  true

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Use ConstraintLayout  Here is an example that will center the view according to the width and height of the parent screen    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt android support constraint ConstraintLayout 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  gt        lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android          android layout width  0dp          android layout height  0dp          android background   FF00FF          android orientation  vertical          app layout constraintBottom toBottomOf  parent          app layout constraintHeight percent   6          app layout constraintLeft toLeftOf  parent          app layout constraintRight toRightOf  parent          app layout constraintTop toTopOf  parent          app layout constraintWidth percent   4  gt  lt  LinearLayout gt   lt  android support constraint ConstraintLayout gt    You might need to change your gradle to get the latest version of ConstraintLayout   dependencies           implementation  com android support constraint constraint-layout 1 1 3

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Step  1  Wrap whatever it is you want centered on the screen in a full-screen RelativeLayout   Step  2  Give that child view  the one  which you want centered inside the RelativeLayout  the android layout centerInParent  true  attribute

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lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt RelativeLayout     xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android id    id relLayout1      android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android layout gravity  center  gt       lt ProgressBar         android id    id ProgressBar01          android layout centerInParent  true          android layout width  wrap content          android layout gravity  center          android layout height  wrap content  gt  lt  ProgressBar gt       lt TextView         android layout below   id ProgressBar01          android text   string please wait authenticating          android id    id txtText          android paddingTop  30px          android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content  gt  lt  TextView gt   lt  RelativeLayout gt

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Updated answer  Constraint Layout It seems that the trend in Android now is to use a Constraint layout  Although it is simple enough to center a view using a RelativeLayout  as other answers have shown   the ConstraintLayout is more powerful than the RelativeLayout for more complex layouts  So it is worth learning how do do now  To center a view  just drag the handles to all four sides of the parent

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Add android layout centerInParent  true  to element which you want to center in the RelativeLayout

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If you want to center one view  use this one  In this case TextView must be the lowermost view in your XML because it s layout height is match parent    lt TextView      android id    id tv to be centered      android layout height  match parent      android layout width  match parent      android gravity  center      android text  Some text    gt

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