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forneo
forneo

Reputation: 723

Android: How to size buttons?

I'm using several buttons in my app, but both layout_width/height "wrap_content" and "fill_parent" looks weird. The former being to small and the latter too large - both looks weird, and the former is not easy to hit with your finger.

How should I size buttons? Is it typical to define their sizes in dip? Or should I use "fill_parent" with a padding? Buttons looks weird in my app, not so in others.

Upvotes: 10

Views: 53576

Answers (2)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006724

That is difficult to answer in the abstract. Here are some techniques to consider:

  • Use android:padding="4dip" (or some other value) to make a wrap_content Button a bit bigger

  • Use android:textSize on the Button to make the content bigger (use some size in scaled pixels, or sp)

  • If you want the buttons to fill the space but divide it among themselves, use a LinearLayout, give each button a height (or width, depending if column or row) of 0px, then use android:layout_weight to allocate space between them on a percentage basis. Here is a sample project outlining this technique.

Upvotes: 13

user432219
user432219

Reputation:

I think it is better to use fill_parent with a padding/margin instead an exact width value. So you are more flexible when the size of the parent view changes.

Upvotes: 1

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