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boz
boz

Reputation: 4907

LinearLayout with two children of equal width

I'm having some issues getting two children of a LinearLayout to have the same width. This is what I am getting:

screenshot

And here is my layout xml for the grey box:

<LinearLayout 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:weightSum="2"
    android:background="@color/medium_grey"
    >

    <ImageView 
        android:id="@+id/profile_photo"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:src="@drawable/placeholder_profile_photo"
        android:scaleType="fitCenter"
        android:contentDescription="@string/blank"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        />

    <LinearLayout 
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
        android:background="@color/alert"
        >

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/profile_rate_header"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Rate User"
            />

        <LinearLayout 
            android:id="@+id/profile_action_rate_user"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:gravity="center"
            >

            <ImageView 
                android:id="@+id/profile_action_rate_up"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:src="@drawable/user_rate_up"
                />

            <ImageView 
                android:id="@+id/profile_action_rate_down"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:src="@drawable/user_rate_down"
                />

        </LinearLayout>
    </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

I was assuming that setting the layout_weight of the children of the root LinearLayout along with a weightSum and width of 0dp would produce the desired effect (image being the same size as the pink 'rate user' section) however this isn't the case.

What am I missing?

Edit:

This is what I want it to look like

enter image description here

The photo and the pink linear layout should be equal widths.

Upvotes: 18

Views: 37955

Answers (5)

Ken
Ken

Reputation: 31171

android:weightSum="2" should be on the parent of the two children ImageViews, not on the upper parent. Or else try to set weightsas 0.5 and see if it works.

Also, the widths of the two image views should be android:layout_width="0dp" when using weights like this.

Next, scale up your images to fill space. Details here.

Upvotes: 40

dreamdeveloper
dreamdeveloper

Reputation: 1276

Equally weighted children

To create a linear layout in which each child uses the same amount of space on the screen, set the android:layout_height of each view to "0dp" (for a vertical layout) or the android:layout_width of each view to "0dp" (for a horizontal layout). Then set the android:layout_weight of each view to "1". Refer : http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/layout/linear.html

Upvotes: 24

Rumit Patel
Rumit Patel

Reputation: 12629

this is you want:

try this xml @boz:it will run in all size of layouts...!

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight=".50"
        android:background="@drawable/ic_launcher" >
    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight=".50"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="33.33" >
        </LinearLayout>

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="33.33"
            android:background="@android:color/darker_gray" >
        </LinearLayout>

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="33.33" >
        </LinearLayout>
    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

i take two linear layout with(50%,50%),and three child linear layout with(33.33%,33.33%,33.33%).among there three layouts, 2nd layout is your pinkone.

if still any query,plz ask.

Upvotes: 2

kaushal trivedi
kaushal trivedi

Reputation: 3443

You can use something like this,hope this will fit your requirement. Try this xml .

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="@color/Black"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:orientation="vertical" 
        android:layout_weight="0.5"
        >

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/profile_rate_header"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Rate User"
            />

        <LinearLayout 
            android:id="@+id/profile_action_rate_user"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:gravity="center"
            >

            <ImageView 
                android:id="@+id/profile_action_rate_up"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:src="@drawable/close"
                />

            <ImageView 
                android:id="@+id/profile_action_rate_down"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:src="@drawable/close"
                />

        </LinearLayout>
    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="0.5"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/profile_photo"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:scaleType="fitCenter"
            android:src="@drawable/close" />

    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>


</LinearLayout>

Upvotes: 0

Booger
Booger

Reputation: 18725

Remove the weight sum from your Parent View (@+id/profile_action_rate_user).

Upvotes: 1

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