Buttons going outside of the screen - Android

Buttons going outside of the screen - Android - android

I need help...
I was trying to build 3 buttons aligned in 1 row and 3 columns inside of a GridLayout, and looks its working, but I think I haven't done that right, because if change the size of the text inside the button (textSize) the GridLayout and the buttons are going outside of the screen.
I think that I'm setting the layout_witdh and/or layout_height wrong, but I'm not sure.
Can anyone help me? Thanks :)
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="#drawable/background"
tools:context="com.markus.tssproject.MainActivity">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_weight="2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<GridLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="110dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:columnCount="3"
android:rowCount="1">
<Button
android:id="#+id/id0"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_columnWeight="1"
android:layout_gravity="fill"
android:layout_marginRight="3dp"
android:layout_row="0"
android:layout_rowWeight="1"
android:padding="30dp"
android:tag="0"
android:text="test tested testing"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/open1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="3dp"
android:layout_column="1"
android:layout_columnWeight="1"
android:layout_gravity="fill"
android:layout_row="0"
android:layout_rowWeight="1"
android:padding="30dp"
android:tag="1"
android:text="test tested testing"
android:texSize="20sp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/open2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_column="2"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_columnWeight="1"
android:layout_gravity="fill"
android:layout_row="0"
android:layout_rowWeight="1"
android:padding="30dp"
android:tag="2"
android:text="teste tested testing"/>
</GridLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>

change the following in each button
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_weight ="1"
you can do this in LinearLayout itself, no need of grid layout

Use this
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:orientation="horizontal"
tools:context="com.markus.tssproject.MainActivity">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="110dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<Button
android:id="#+id/id0"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="3dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:padding="30dp"
android:tag="0"
android:text="test tested testing"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/open1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="3dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:padding="30dp"
android:tag="1"
android:texSize="20sp"
android:text="test tested testing" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/open2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:padding="30dp"
android:tag="2"
android:text="teste tested testing" />
</LinearLayout>

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CardView inside GridLayout going off screen

I am using a GridLayout with CardViews inside of it to display a set of objects for users to click on and use to navigate around the app.
Everything appears to be fine on my tablet that I am testing on, but when I sent the APK to a friend, 2/3 of it runs off the screen and just doesn't seem to work.
Example screenshot:
The "Games" section here seems to work just fine. Unable to find any errors, I copy and pasted this section into the "Community" section and just re-named the icons so that the code would be identical except for a few strings.
I don't understand why one section will work and the others do not.
Layout.xml File
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/gradient_background"
tools:context=".Dashboard">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_marginTop="32dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:text="Dashboard"
android:id="#+id/dashTextMain"
android:textSize="34sp"
android:textColor="#FFF"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif-black"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/dashTextSub"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/dashTextMain"
android:layout_marginTop="-2dp"
android:text="Welcome to RoCodes.io,"
android:textColor="#E8E8E8"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/dashTextSub2"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:textColor="#E8E8E8"
android:text="what would you like to find?"
android:paddingBottom="50dp"
android:layout_below="#id/dashTextSub"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</RelativeLayout>
//---------------------- START FIRST GRID LAYOUT -------------------------------------
<TextView
android:text="Music"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:textSize="34sp"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif-black"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<GridLayout
android:rowCount="1"
android:columnCount="2"
android:alignmentMode="alignMargins"
android:columnOrderPreserved="false"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="30dp"
>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_columnWeight="1"
android:layout_rowWeight="1"
app:cardElevation="6dp"
app:cardCornerRadius="12dp"
android:layout_margin="12dp"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/musicCodesButton"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#FFF"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="16dp">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:src="#drawable/ic_music" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
android:text="Music Codes"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="18dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_columnWeight="1"
android:layout_rowWeight="1"
app:cardElevation="6dp"
app:cardCornerRadius="12dp"
android:layout_margin="12dp"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/artistSearchButton"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#FFF"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="16dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/ic_artist"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:text="Search Artists"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_columnWeight="1"
android:layout_rowWeight="1"
app:cardElevation="6dp"
app:cardCornerRadius="12dp"
android:layout_margin="12dp"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/categorySearchButton"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#FFF"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="16dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/ic_categories"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:text="Music Categories"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
</GridLayout>
//---------------------- END FIRST GRID LAYOUT -------------------------------------
//---------------------- START SECOND GRID LAYOUT -------------------------------------
<TextView
android:text="Games"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:textSize="34sp"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif-black"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<GridLayout
android:rowCount="1"
android:columnCount="2"
android:layout_marginBottom="30dp"
android:alignmentMode="alignMargins"
android:columnOrderPreserved="false"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_columnWeight="1"
android:layout_rowWeight="1"
app:cardElevation="6dp"
app:cardCornerRadius="12dp"
android:layout_margin="12dp"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/twitterCodesButton"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:padding="16dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/ic_newcodes"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:text="New Codes"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_columnWeight="1"
android:layout_rowWeight="1"
app:cardElevation="6dp"
app:cardCornerRadius="12dp"
android:layout_margin="12dp"
>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:padding="16dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/ic_gamecodes"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:text="Coming Soon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
</GridLayout>
//---------------------- END SECOND GRID LAYOUT -------------------------------------
//---------------------- START THIRD GRID LAYOUT -------------------------------------
<TextView
android:text="Community"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:textSize="34sp"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif-black"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<GridLayout
android:rowCount="1"
android:columnCount="2"
android:layout_marginBottom="30dp"
android:alignmentMode="alignMargins"
android:columnOrderPreserved="false"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_columnWeight="1"
android:layout_rowWeight="1"
app:cardElevation="6dp"
app:cardCornerRadius="12dp"
android:layout_margin="12dp"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/discordServerButton"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:padding="16dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/ic_discord"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:text="RoCodes Discord"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_columnWeight="1"
android:layout_rowWeight="1"
app:cardElevation="6dp"
app:cardCornerRadius="12dp"
android:layout_margin="12dp"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/websiteButton"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:padding="16dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/ic_website"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:text="RoCodes Website"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
</GridLayout>
//---------------------- END THIRD GRID LAYOUT -------------------------------------
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>```

I had the same problem trying to align my GridLayout children (especially when using a CardView). I solved it by setting the following attributes for each child:
android:layout_columnWeight="1"
android:layout_gravity="fill_horizontal"
Like for example:
<GridLayout
android:id="#+id/grLayout_HelloWorld"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingTop="8dp"
android:paddingBottom="8dp"
android:columnCount="2"
android:rowCount="1"
android:useDefaultMargins="true">
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
android:id="#+id/crdView_simple_Card00"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_row="0"
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_columnWeight="1"
android:layout_gravity="fill_horizontal"
app:cardBackgroundColor="#color/color_lime_shade1">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtView_TestCard00"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="My First Card" />
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
android:id="#+id/crdView_simple_Card01"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_row="0"
android:layout_column="1"
android:layout_columnWeight="1"
android:layout_gravity="fill_horizontal"
app:cardBackgroundColor="#color/color_lime_shade1">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtView_TestCard01"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="My Second Card" />
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
</GridLayout>
You will notice that i did not use the rowWeight attribute.
Disclaimer:
To be honest, I have no idea WHY this works... All I know is that it bothered me for some time, and I spent a lot of time on Google and StackOverflow until I found some info saying that fill_horizontal might be the solution... Then I just hacked my way from there, trying different layout attributes until I found columnWeight as well.
Hope this helps... Let me know if it works for you.
Good luck, brother (or sister) ✊

How do I make a scorecard type layout CardView?

I have been battling with GridLayout and TableLayout for the past couple of hours and for the life of me can't figure out a way to make a CardView that looks like the following:
Currently I have a CardView parent with this GridLayout is its child:
<GridLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:rowCount="3"
android:columnCount="3"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:padding="20dp">
<!--FirstRow-->
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/away_logo"
android:layout_row="1"
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_columnWeight="0.3"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:src="#android:drawable/btn_star_big_on"/>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/scores_layout"
android:layout_row="1"
android:layout_rowWeight="0.5"
android:layout_column="1"
android:layout_columnWeight="0.4"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/away_score_textview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="10"
android:gravity="center_vertical|start"
android:layout_weight="0.5"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/home_score_textview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="end|center_vertical"
android:text="11"
android:gravity="center_vertical|end"
android:layout_weight="0.5"/>
</LinearLayout>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/home_logo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_row="1"
android:layout_rowWeight="0.33"
android:layout_column="2"
android:layout_columnWeight="0.3"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:src="#android:drawable/btn_star_big_on"/>
<!--SecondRow-->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/away_textview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_row="2"
android:layout_rowWeight="0.3"
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_columnWeight="0.33"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:text="Team"
android:gravity="center_vertical"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/home_textview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_row="2"
android:layout_rowWeight="0.3"
android:layout_column="2"
android:layout_columnWeight="0.33"
android:layout_gravity="end"
android:text="Team"
android:gravity="center_vertical"/>
<!--LastRow-->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/time_rink_textview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_row="0"
android:layout_rowWeight="0.3"
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_columnSpan="3"
android:layout_columnWeight="1"
android:text="7:00P.M.atBotany"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"/>
</GridLayout>
Which gives this layout where the stars are placeholders to visualise where the ImageViews are and the scores are 1 - 13:

Try this layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="10dp"
tools:text="7:00 P.M. at Venue"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
tools:src="#drawable/team_1_image"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="8dp"
tools:text="Team 1"/>
</LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
tools:text="1 - 3"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
tools:src="#drawable/team_2_image"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="8dp"
tools:text="Team 2"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Why not try using relative layout to contain the inner content (also can do it for the title too), and align the views according to the parents, left, right, and center portions and it should work for you.

Nested layouts are very easy to work with, why use another?

Everytime i use nested layouts, my sweet ide shows the error saying "nested layouts are bad performance". So i dig up a little why it is and found that it is the exponential calculation thing etc. Also relative layout usage over linear layout is suggested generally. But suppose the below code;
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:background="#cccccc"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity" android:weightSum="10">
<LinearLayout android:layout_marginTop="9dp" android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:background="#drawable/sub_background_dashboard" android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="3dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_weight="4"
android:layout_height="0dp">
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:weightSum="2"
android:layout_weight="2.3"
android:layout_height="0dp" android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp" android:layout_marginBottom="2dp">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp" android:background="#drawable/sub_background_dashboard"
android:layout_weight="1" android:layout_marginRight="3.5dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp" android:background="#drawable/sub_background_dashboard"
android:layout_weight="1" android:layout_marginLeft="3.5dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:layout_marginTop="5dp" android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:background="#drawable/sub_background_dashboard" android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="3dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_weight="2.7"
android:layout_height="0dp">
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:weightSum="10"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="0dp" android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:weightSum="3"
android:layout_weight="9" android:background="#77000000"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<Button
android:layout_width="0dp" android:layout_weight="1" android:textColor="#DDDDDDDD"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="#00000000"
android:gravity="center" android:textSize="17sp"
android:text="Snooze"/>
<View
android:layout_width="1dp" android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:background="#bbbbbbbb"/>
<Button
android:layout_width="0dp" android:layout_weight="1"
android:textSize="17sp" android:background="#00000000"
android:text="Dismiss" android:gravity="center"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:textColor="#DDDDDDDD"/>
<View
android:layout_width="1dp" android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:background="#bbbbbbbb"/>
<Button
android:layout_width="0dp" android:layout_weight="1"
android:textSize="17sp" android:background="#00000000"
android:text="Cancel" android:gravity="center"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:textColor="#DDDDDDDD"/>
</LinearLayout>
<View
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:background="#ff0000"
android:layout_height="0dp" android:layout_weight="1"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout >
Think Linear Layouts as templates for views etc. This line of xml code will work for every screen size for portrait mode!!!. Calculations are already done, no percentage calculation needed(and implementation of it) from my side and everything covers space as it expected to be.
If i would use Relative Layout, for horizontal views that width calculation would be much longer and maybe would require dynamic side( I am not suggesting doing gui in dynamic side is bad, sure it is better even) So even small nested layouts like this, is it ill-advised still?

I use nested linear-layouts as well, because its easy. But for performance you can better use GRIDLAYOUT. Android introduced it in Ice Cream Sandwich to avoid nested layouts.
A little example:
<GridLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/GridLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:columnCount="2"
android:rowCount="7"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_row="0"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_column="1"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:layout_row="0"
android:text="TextView" />
<View
android:id="#+id/view1"
android:layout_height="16dp"
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_columnSpan="2"
android:layout_row="1"
android:background="#F90" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_row="2"
android:text="Button1" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button2"
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_row="3"
android:text="Button2" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button3"
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_row="4"
android:text="Button3" />
<View
android:id="#+id/view2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_gravity="fill_vertical|fill_horizontal"
android:layout_row="5"
android:background="#F90" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_row="6"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView3"
android:layout_column="1"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:layout_row="2"
android:text="HEADER" />
<View
android:id="#+id/view3"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="16dp"
android:layout_column="1"
android:layout_gravity="bottom|fill_horizontal"
android:layout_row="6"
android:background="#F90" />

Android GridLayout center horizontally

I'm trying to create a GridLayout with 2 columns which will be centered.
My avtual design is:
<GridLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:custom="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
custom:rowCount="4"
custom:columnCount="2"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TimeTableKeeper.Tile
android:layout_width="75dp"
android:layout_height="75dp"
android:gravity="top|left"
android:background="#00FF00"
custom:color="green"
custom:layout_row="0"
custom:layout_column="0" />
<TimeTableKeeper.Tile
android:layout_width="75dp"
android:gravity="top|left"
android:layout_height="75dp"
android:background="#00FF00"
custom:color="blue"
custom:layout_row="0"
custom:layout_column="1" />
</GridLayout>
And it looks like:
And I would like to have this buttons in the center and perfectly with spacing between them.
Is it possible?
--EDIT:
I have also tried putting it into LinearLayout, without results:
<?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:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical">
<GridLayout xmlns:custom="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
custom:rowCount="4"
custom:columnCount="2"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_gravity="center">
<TimeTableKeeper.Tile
android:layout_width="75dp"
android:layout_height="75dp"
android:background="#00FF00"
custom:color="green"
custom:layout_row="0"
custom:layout_column="0" />
<TimeTableKeeper.Tile
android:layout_width="75dp"
android:layout_height="75dp"
android:background="#00FF00"
custom:color="blue"
custom:layout_row="0"
custom:layout_column="1" />
</GridLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Make the grid wrap around its content horizontally with layout_width="wrap_content" and set it's layout_gravity to center:
<GridLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
// ......
>

From GridLayout documentation:
GridLayout's distribution of excess space is based on priority rather than weight.
(...)
To make a column stretch, make sure all of the components inside it define a gravity.
So apparently you need to set the layout_gravity to android:layout_gravity="top|center" (I have not tested this, but from the documentation it should be along these lines.)

You're almost there. I think this will do the job:
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:custom="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<GridLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
custom:rowCount="4"
custom:columnCount="2"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TimeTableKeeper.Tile
android:layout_width="75dp"
android:layout_height="75dp"
android:background="#00FF00"
custom:color="green"
custom:layout_row="0"
custom:layout_column="0" />
<TimeTableKeeper.Tile
android:layout_width="75dp"
android:layout_height="75dp"
android:background="#00FF00"
custom:color="blue"
custom:layout_row="0"
custom:layout_column="1" />
</GridLayout>
</FrameLayout>

The code in below solved my problem.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<GridLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_margin="30dp"
android:columnCount="3"
android:rowCount="4"
android:useDefaultMargins="true">
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</GridLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

if you are using a constraint layout use wrap content on the grid layout and create the items inside it. It will be centered to the screen
<GridLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/item"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
android:columnCount="2"
android:useDefaultMargins="true"
/>

copy this example for calculator layout =)
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
>
<!-- android:useDefaultMargins="true" (OPTIONAL) -->
<GridLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:useDefaultMargins="true"
>
<Button
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_row="0"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="/"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="1"
android:layout_row="0"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="1"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="2"
android:layout_row="0"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="2"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="3"
android:layout_row="0"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="3"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_row="1"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="*"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="1"
android:layout_row="1"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="4"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="2"
android:layout_row="1"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="5"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="3"
android:layout_row="1"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="6"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_row="2"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="-"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="1"
android:layout_row="2"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="7"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="2"
android:layout_row="2"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="8"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="3"
android:layout_row="2"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="9"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_row="3"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="+"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="1"
android:layout_row="3"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="0"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="2"
android:layout_row="3"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="00"/>
<Button
android:layout_column="3"
android:layout_row="3"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:text="="/>
</GridLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Android GridLayout - XML - columns not in proportion

I am trying to create a button layout that looks like this on the first row:
[ 1 ][2][3]
Button 1 should occupy 2 columns and be twice the width of buttons 2 and 3. Buttons 2 and 3 should be the same width (1 column wide).
However, what I am seeing is this:
[1][2][ 3 ]
Can somebody please tell me why button 3 completely fills the rest of the screen and why the buttons don't seem to be obeying the layout_column_span rules?
<GridLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_margin="0dp"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:alignmentMode="alignMargins"
android:clipToPadding="false"
android:columnCount="4"
android:fitsSystemWindows="false"
android:layoutMode="clipBounds"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:padding="0dp"
android:rowCount="6"
android:useDefaultMargins="true" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="fill"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_margin="0dp"
android:background="#ff0000"
android:layout_row="0"
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_columnSpan="2"
android:layout_rowSpan="2"
android:text="1" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="fill"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_margin="0dp"
android:background="#ffff00"
android:layout_row="0"
android:layout_column="2"
android:layout_columnSpan="1"
android:layout_rowSpan="2"
android:text="2" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_column="3"
android:layout_columnSpan="1"
android:layout_gravity="fill"
android:layout_margin="0dp"
android:layout_row="0"
android:layout_rowSpan="2"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#00ff00"
android:text="3" />
</GridLayout>

Check this may help you
<GridLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/favorites_grid"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:columnCount="1"
android:rowCount="2"
>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_column="0"
android:layout_gravity="left|top"
android:layout_row="0"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="4" >
<Button
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:text="Cell 1"
android:textSize="14dip" />
<Button
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="Cell 2" />
<Button
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="Cell 3"
android:textSize="14dip" />
</LinearLayout>

According to this post, there are some limitations when it comes to arranging space in a non-trivial manner on a GridLayout . You can try another approach or you can use a LinearLayout for each row, so you can control weights for its children Views.
Here is an example for your case:
<GridLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:columnCount="1" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="4" >
<Button
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="Button 1" />
<Button
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="Button 2" />
<Button
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="Button 3" />
</LinearLayout>
Hope to have helped you.

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change the following in each button android:layout_width="0dip" android:layout_weight ="1" you can do this in LinearLayout itself, no need of grid layout

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