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GusDeCooL
GusDeCooL

Reputation: 5758

Android Setting Margin & Padding

How can i set layout margin individually in android?
Example case: i want the margin for top:15, right:12, bottom:13, left:16

How to that in android?
I have background as web developer, i though it will the same as css with setup like this margin: 15 12 13 16; but seems it not working with android 

<resources>
<!-- Default screen margins, per the Android Design guidelines. -->
<dimen name="activity_margin">15dp 12dp 13dp 16dp</dimen>

</resources>

What is the right way to achieve that? is there any link for documentation to for this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 355

Answers (2)

Blo
Blo

Reputation: 11988

You can do it in two ways. First, in layout and you can't set it like CSS. You need to set: 

android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="15dp"

Second, programmatically like below: 

// initiate your margins value in dp
(int) (px / getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density);

// and set these value in setMargin method
LayoutParams params = new LayoutParams(
    LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,      
    LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT
);
params.setMargins(left, top, right, bottom);
yourLayout.setLayoutParams(params);

Upvotes: 2

flx
flx

Reputation: 14226

Use seperate dimens like this:

<dimen name="activity_margin_left">15dp</dimen>
<dimen name="activity_margin_right">13dp</dimen>
<dimen name="activity_margin_top">12dp</dimen>
<dimen name="activity_margin_bottom">16dp</dimen>

You may need to change the values, I'm not aware of the order of css dimens.

Then apply them to your layout:

<LinearLayout ....
    android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/activity_margin_left"
    android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/activity_margin_right"
    android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/activity_margin_top"
    android:layout_marginBottim="@dimen/activity_margin_bottom"/>

Upvotes: 2

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