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How to get spacing between two edit text boxes as the below attached image

The texts can be entered into them . Only these two text widgets are possible in the given activity. I would want to know the structure , I would have to employ to get result as such.
I am still in learning phase.

There's a lot of ways how to achieve that. I suggest you to start with reading this thoroughly to learn how to build layouts on Android.
In general, you can add spacing among views by adding some margin and/or padding.
If you want to replicate the particular design quickly, do this:
Have vertical LinearLayout as your root layout (with gray background).
Add two CardViews (one for each box). That will add the
background and spacing.
Add other views to those CardViews.

To give you something to work on
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"> //Elements inside this will be added vertically on the screen
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:hint="First edittext"/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:hint="Second edittext"/>
</LinearLayout>
This is the basic structure on the image you showed. Expirement with it. Add your desired borders by using shapes and etc.

Border Lines for cells in GridLayout, TableLayout, or GridView?

I am trying to create a table/grid for some items within my app and I would like to have a border around each cell to divide the items up and have a coherent association of the setting with the item. This app will be used in an industrial setting where there may be people unfamiliar with Android that need to use this, thus trying to make it as easy as possible.
The table/grid will contain TextView, EditText, Spinner, and Button, and will also be scrollable (via ScrollView parent).
I read about the GridView and found that it (seems) to only be able to get items programmatically, please correct me if I am wrong. I felt that this was unnecessary since I know what items I want and where. Also, I have not tried adding items to a layout programmatically yet so I figured I would try the other options first. Also, the GridView documentation does not say one way or the other if border lines are automatically shown, or if you can have them shown at all.
I started with a TableLayout and was able to get everything except the border lines to work. I tried android:divider to get the lines but that didn't work. One thought I had was to create a bunch of TextViews with black backgrounds and ~2dp widths/heights to make my own border lines. This feels like a huge waste though. Then I also read the TableLayout documentation and found this: "TableLayout containers do not display border lines for their rows, columns, or cells."
I then tried the GridLayout and had the same results as the TableLayout. I tried padding and margins, neither worked. Also, the GridLayout documentation states: "The grid is composed of a set of infinitely thin lines that separate the viewing area into cells."
My questions are:
Is there an attirbute that I missed in TableLayout or GridLayout that will give me border lines via the xml?
If no, then will the GridView give me the lines I want?
Will I be able to add all the perviously mentioned items I want to the GridView?

I was actually able to achieve the desired look by setting the android:background="#000000" within the GridLayout view and then in the child items I set the android:background="#8CDD81" (just some green color) and combined with android:layout_margin="2dp" I was able to get the "grid" lines that I wanted. Thanks to CommonsWare though for getting me thinking in a new direction that turned into a solution.
EDIT:
This does not work quite as anticipated. You need the android:layout_alignLeft/Right which are only available via RelativeLayout in order to get just the right width on the child items. Haven't tested this yet using this idea, child items within RelativeLayout within GridLayout.

Is there an attirbute that I missed in TableLayout or GridLayout that will give me border lines via the xml?
No.
If no, then will the GridView give me the lines I want?
No.
Will I be able to add all the perviously mentioned items I want to the GridView?
Yes, though how well something like a Spinner will work, I can't say.
The simplest way, off the top of my head, to give you the lines you seek is to have each cell of the TableLayout or GridLayout be some container containing the widget(s) for that cell, where you give the container a background that is your line. A ShapeDrawable could be defined in XML for that background, which will be nicely resizeable based upon the actual requirements of the cell.

For future visiters this is how I did it with TableLayout:
table.xml
<TableLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#969696">
<!-- table heading -->
<TableRow>
<Button android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Name"
android:background="#d2d2d2"
android:layout_margin="1dp"
/>
<Button android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Address"
android:background="#d2d2d2"
android:layout_margin="1dp"
/>
</TableRow>
<!-- table data -->
<TableRow>
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Ahtisham"
android:layout_margin="1dp"
android:background="#f1f1f1"
/>
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Kashmir"
android:layout_margin="1dp"
android:background="#f1f1f1"
/>
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>

Copying android:drawableStart for RadioButtons in API 8

I need a custom radio button with a custom background, centered text, an icon immediately before the text, but without the default indicator.
Currently, I have the following code:
<RadioButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:button="#null"
android:background="#drawable/bg_rbtn_custom"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/icon"
android:text="Lorem ipsum…" />
The problem is the icon defined in drawableLeft, is pushed all the way to the left, i.e.
[icon]____Lorem ipsum…________
I need this:
____[icon]Lorem ipsum…________
The same thing happens when I use android:button="#drawable/icon; the icon is place at the left-most part of the View, and the text is then centred inside the left-over space (rather than being centred relative to the entire View). I am Android API 8, so I can't use drawableStart, so I need a way to duplicate its behaviour (at least I assume that's what it does). The text is dynamic, and will change at runtime, so I can't really hard code the padding.
My question is quite similar to this one, but that guy only needed a Button, but I need a RadioButton that'll work in a RadioGroup.

First thoughts would be to try
android:paddingLeft="#db"
where "#db" would be the number of pixels it would take to center everything
After trying your code and replacing the background and icon to local resources I had, I was unable to recreate the issue you are having. Could it be possible that the icon you are using has transparent pixels on its right edge?

Split button text into two sections

I am trying to port my WP7 app to android.
Does anyone know how I can layout the text on a single button so that some text appears aligned left and other text appears aligned right? (See below). I need access to be able to dynamically change the percentage number on the right side using code but the text on the right is just static.
Anyone know the answer to this?
The image is here:
http://i.imgur.com/zW7YV.png

Yes you could make it two buttons.
Remove all padding and margin from between them.
Set the same background drawable.
And just ensure when the left is clicked it invokes the right's onPress method (so it looks as if they depress together).
Or wrap the buttons/imageviews/textviews in a layout and perform the onClick on that.

I would use a RelativeLayout for this.
<RelativeLayout
android:width="fill_parent"
android:height="wrap_content"
android:clickable="true"
android:background="#18a2e7"
android:padding="10dip">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Something" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_align_parentRight="true"
android:text="0%" />
</RelativeLayout>

Drawing a board (checkers) for an Android App

I am an Android Newbie trying to use my VB experience (8yrs ago) and design a UI. I am trying to create a checkers board which in VB would be a form on which I add multiple resizable panel widgets contiguously as needed in multiple rows. Since these are panels I can either add a small image (coin) on it (with the panel as background) or even add another small panel with a color that I can make visible and invisible to represent the coins. I know describing a VB UI is bad but VB is meant to make form designs easy and it really does and that is the only language I can think in for UI.
I notice that android SDK does not nearly have enough widgets for me to use. The best I could think of is using a TableLayout with multiple rows. The thing I don't get is what do I use to represent a square? Is there something analogous to a VB panel widget? I don't want to use an image because I want the board to be auto adjust to the screen dimensions.
Could some one help me with some hints?

You could define the layout in XML using a horizontal LinearLayout and fill it with 8 ImageViews (or any other container that can show an image/color) and copy it 7 times in a vertical LinearLayout, similar to this:
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1" >
<ImageView android:id="#+id/square_1"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
<!-- Set image or background here --> />
<!-- Repeat the ImageView 7 times and change the id for every ImageView
you create -->
</LinearLayout>
<!-- Reapeat the LinearLayout 7 times too -->
</LinearLayout>
This will create 8 rows with 8 squares in each and all the squares will have the same size thanks to the weight property which indicates that they should all get equal space.
To use Java code to change image/background, you will have to use:
ImageView square_1 = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.square_1);
square_1.setBackground(Color.yellow);
Read more in the Android SDK Reference here:
ImageView: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ImageView.html
LinearLayout: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/LinearLayout.html
Hope this helps you along the way!