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Karen Forde
Karen Forde

Reputation: 1127

Change child views to fit parent's width when added dynamically

I have a custom view which I add child views to dynamically.

When each child is added, I need to recalculate the size of the views so they can fit the parent's width

For example: If I have a TextView:

<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0.5"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="8dp"
android:clickable="true"
android:textColor="#666666"
android:visibility="visible"/>

If I add three of these to a horizontal LinearLayout within the xml it correctly sizes the three views so the total widths match the parent.

But I want to inflate them one at a time and add them so can reuse elsewhere in the code if we want a different number of TextViews in a layout.

When I do this, the total width is less than its parent, and I can't get the views to resize when a new one is added.

Here's where I inflate the view:

layout = (LinearLayout) inflater.inflate(R.layout.segmented_control, this); 
TextView item = (TextView) inflater.inflate(R.layout.segmented_control_item, null);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2496

Answers (2)

SimonSays
SimonSays

Reputation: 10977

Change the width to match_parent, i think you need to keep the weight. Pass the parent layout to the inflater.

layout = (LinearLayout) inflater.inflate(R.layout.segmented_control, this); 
TextView item = (TextView) inflater.inflate(R.layout.segmented_control_item, layout, false);
layout.addChild(item);

I'm not sure if that works right away, you might need to experiment a little with the layout paramters.

Upvotes: 0

Samuel Barbosa
Samuel Barbosa

Reputation: 782

Change your TextView layout width to fill_parent and remove the weight. I think that it should work.

Upvotes: 0

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