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michael_
michael_

Reputation: 145

layout_weight with fragment and linear layout

I am trying to make a two pane layout for my app, and i'm trying to use layout_weight but its not working correctly. It looks like it's reversed so that the view with more weight is smaller but when I checked it didn't even do that. Here is my xml:

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_weight="1">

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/etSearch"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:hint="@string/search" >
            <requestFocus />
        </EditText>
        <ListView
            android:id="@+id/bookList"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
        </LinearLayout>


    <fragment
        android:id="@+id/fmtEditBook"
        android:layout_weight="2"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:name="com.perlib.wmbg.fragments.EditBookFragment"
        tools:layout="@layout/fragment_edit_book" />
</LinearLayout>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 972

Answers (2)

wvdz
wvdz

Reputation: 16651

I don't know the exact reason why this happens, but if you change the layout_width of the root element to match_parent it will work correctly.

Upvotes: 1

aromero
aromero

Reputation: 25761

The outer LinearLayout has width wrap_content, change it to match_parent

Upvotes: 2

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