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Issue with layout weight in Android LinearLayout

The way my program works is that I take user input for 3 items, create a horizontal LinearLayout programmatically with those three items. Then place that LinearLayout inside a RelativeLayout that is defined in XML.
User can keep adding these 3-item horizontal LLs to the bottom of the RelativeLayout, which acts as a list in this case.
I am specifying a weight in the setLayoutParams method for each TextView object
TextView quantityText = new TextView(MainActivity.this);
quantityText.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 1f));
quantityText.setText("" + currentIngredientMeasurementQuantity);
TextView typeText = new TextView(MainActivity.this);
typeText.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 1f));
typeText.setText(currentIngredientMeasurementType);
TextView nameText = new TextView(MainActivity.this);
nameText.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 4f));
nameText.setText(currentIngredientName);
LinearLayout ll = new LinearLayout(MainActivity.this);
ll.setId(View.generateViewId());
RelativeLayout relativeLayout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.ingredient_list_relativelayout);
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams relativeParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
//Find last member of RelativeLayout
View lastIngredient = (View) relativeLayout.getChildAt(totalIngredientQuantity - 1);
relativeParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.BELOW, lastIngredient.getId());
relativeParams.setMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
ll.addView(quantityText);
ll.addView(typeText);
ll.addView(nameText);
relativeLayout.addView(ll, relativeParams);
The problem is, the TextViews aren't being displayed the way I'd like them to. I'd like each of the three items to line up vertically, like a proper list.
Instead, I get something like this. You can see that the length of the strings is somehow affecting the way the layout is stored/displayed.
I know it's a big block of code, but any help would be appreciated!

Try this:-
Create a custom layout insteadof creating controls as dynamically
custom.xml
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="90">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textview1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="30"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="text1"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textview2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="30"
android:text="text2"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textview3"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="30"
android:text="text3"/>
</LinearLayout>
Add this view in RelativeLayout
View view = factory.inflate(R.layout.custom, null);
relativeLayout.addView(view);

You need to set the layout_width property to 0 for layout weight property to work well. I made a couple to changes to your code to make it work well for me.
Try this,
private void addNewRow(float currentIngredientMeasurementQuantity, String currentIngredientMeasurementType, String currentIngredientName) {
TextView quantityText = new TextView(MainActivity.this);
quantityText.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(0, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 1f));
quantityText.setText("" + currentIngredientMeasurementQuantity);
TextView typeText = new TextView(MainActivity.this);
typeText.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(0, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 1f));
typeText.setText(currentIngredientMeasurementType);
TextView nameText = new TextView(MainActivity.this);
nameText.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(0, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 4f));
nameText.setText(currentIngredientName);
LinearLayout ll = new LinearLayout(MainActivity.this);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
ll.setId(View.generateViewId());
} else {
ll.setId(totalIngredientQuantity);
}
RelativeLayout relativeLayout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.ingredient_list_relativelayout);
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams relativeParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
//Find last member of RelativeLayout
View lastIngredient = (View) relativeLayout.getChildAt(totalIngredientQuantity - 1);
if (lastIngredient != null) {
relativeParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.BELOW, lastIngredient.getId());
relativeParams.setMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
}
ll.addView(quantityText);
ll.addView(typeText);
ll.addView(nameText);
relativeLayout.addView(ll, relativeParams);
}

You have to set the Gravity to Left (or Start) on your TextViews before adding them to the LinearLayout, just like this:
LinearLayout.LayoutParams name_lp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT
);
name_lp.gravity = Gravity.LEFT;
nameText.setLayoutParams(name_lp);

Try to tell your your Textviews to use all the available space they can get. So they will fill the whole LinearLayout.
Instead of WRAP_CONTENT use MATCH_PARENT or FILL_PARENT
In XML you could use 0dip like described here: In android layouts what is the effect/meaning of layout_height="0dip"
Another idea would be to use TableLayout or GridLayout http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/GridLayout.html
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TableLayout.html
Have Fun

Android LinearLayout in ScrollView

I tryning to get a LinearLayout in a ScrollView like this:
The greenspace should be wrap_content and the red one should take the remaining space.
But this is my Result:
This is my Code:
foreach(Ele el : elements) {}
LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(getActivity());
LayoutParams layout_parm = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
layout.setLayoutParams(layout_parm);
TextView tv = new TextView(getActivity());
tv.setLayoutParams( new LayoutParams(0, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 1) );
tv.setBackgroundColor(getActivity().getResources().getColor((R.color.red)));
tv.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, 16);
tv.setText("Name...");
tv.setPadding(0, 0, 0, getDP(5));
layout.addView(tv);
TextView iView = new TextView(getActivity());
iView.setText("OTO");
iView.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, 16);
iView.setBackgroundColor(getActivity().getResources().getColor((R.color.green)));
iView.setLayoutParams( new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 0) );
layout.addView(iView);
frg_layout.addView(layout);
}
I am so confused! Maybe you can help me to find out my fail...
Thank you!
The Parent-ViewGroup:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/frg_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:gravity="top"
android:orientation="vertical" />

you change the layout orientation
LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(getActivity());
LayoutParams layout_parm = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
layout.setLayoutParams(layout_parm);
uset this type in xml
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/frg_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/TextView1"
android:layout_width="250dp"
android:layout_height="60dp"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textview2"
android:layout_width="250dp"
android:layout_height="60dp"
/>
</linearlayout>

I think you've mostly got it right, just need a few minor tweaks:
for each(Ele el:elements){
LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(getActivity());
LayoutParams layout_parm = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
layout.setLayoutParams(layout_parm);
TextView tv = new TextView(getActivity());
//adjust the last number here to make the first block wider or larger as you want
tv.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(0, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 2));
tv.setBackgroundColor(getActivity().getResources().getColor((R.color.red)));
tv.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, 16);
tv.setText("Name...");
tv.setPadding(0, 0, 0, getDP(5));
layout.addView(tv);
TextView iView = new TextView(getActivity());
iView.setText("OTO");
iView.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, 16);
iView.setBackgroundColor(getActivity().getResources().getColor((R.color.green)));
//adjust your layout param to be a weight instead of wrap_content
iView.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(0, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 1));
layout.addView(iView);
frg_layout.addView(layout);
}
See if that works! An alternative would be to build an xml layout which I think is generally cleaner, but programatically it should work roughly the same way.

Using LayoutInflater with xml will bring the solutuion!
Thank you!

Linearlayout overlay another linearlayout

I have some problem with add linearlayout dynamically. It's add on the top of screen, overlay other linearlayout.
Here XML,code and results.
XML:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/top_km"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:background="#888"
android:gravity="top"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="30dip"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"/>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/top_km"
android:id="#id/textLayout">
</RelativeLayout>
Code:
myLayout = (RelativeLayout) page.findViewById(R.id.textLayout);
LinearLayout linLayout = new LinearLayout(this);
linLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
LayoutParams params = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
myLayout.addView(linLayout);
LinearLayout hozLayout = new LinearLayout(this);
hozLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
LayoutParams params = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
myLayout.addView(hozLayout);
Results:
enter link description here
Thanks

Don't use a RelativeLayout as your holder. Use a LinearLayout with orientation="vertical" instead.
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/top_km"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:id="#id/textLayout" />
then in code
myLayout = (LinearLayout) page.findViewById(R.id.textLayout);
followed by
// rest of your code

It's because you use RealativeLayout for proper adding use
1. RelativeLayout.LayoutParams for st LayoutParams
2. In LayoutParams use field below
Example:
RelativeLayout rl=new RelativeLayout(this);
LinearLayout ll1=new LinearLayout(this);
TextView tx1=new TextView(this);
tx1.setText("Test1");
ll1.addView(tx1);
rl.addView(ll1);
LinearLayout ll2=new LinearLayout(this);
TextView tx2=new TextView(this);
tx2.setText("Test1");
ll2.addView(tx1);
rl.addView(ll2);
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp2=(LayoutParams) ll2.getLayoutParams();
And then use lp2.addRule
Here some help:
Parameters
verb One of the verbs defined by RelativeLayout, such as ALIGN_WITH_PARENT_LEFT.
anchor The id of another view to use as an anchor, or a boolean value(represented as TRUE) for true or 0 for false). For verbs that don't refer to another sibling (for example, ALIGN_WITH_PARENT_BOTTOM) just use -1.

Maybe it's easier for you to add it in the XML file with android:visibility="GONE" and then in the code just show it (View.VISIBLE) or hide it (View.GONE).

android Layout weight programmatically

i have hard-coded the layout_weight on layout xml.but now i want to give the layout_weight and weightSum from java code.
How we do that from our class?
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="25" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="5"
android:background="#F51215"
android:paddingLeft="5dip"
android:text="5" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="20"
android:background="#1AC92B"
android:paddingLeft="5dip"
android:text="20" />
</LinearLayout>

Something like this:
......
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(YOUR_LAYOT_ID);
layout.setWeightSum(25f);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams lParams = (LinearLayout.LayoutParams) layout.getLayoutParams(); //or create new LayoutParams...
lParams.weight = 0.5f;
.......
someView.setLayoutParams(lParams);
.......

//set as like this below for different view set different float value.
myview.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,5f));

I just wanted to add an example of how to use the weightsum with e.g a TableRow with TextViews inside:
TableRow row = new TableRow(this);
TableRow.LayoutParams params1 = new TableRow.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 10f);
row.setLayoutParams(params1);
row.setPadding(10, 10, 10, 10);
row.setBackgroundColor(R.color.black);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
TableRow.LayoutParams params2 = new TableRow.LayoutParams(0, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 6f);
tv.setLayoutParams(params2);
tv.setTextSize(30);
tv.setBackgroundResource(R.color.white);
TextView tv2 = new TextView(this);
TableRow.LayoutParams params3 = new TableRow.LayoutParams(0, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, 2f);
tv2.setLayoutParams(params3);
tv2.setBackgroundResource(R.color.green);
TextView tv3 = new TextView(this);
TableRow.LayoutParams params4 = new TableRow.LayoutParams(0, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, 2f);
tv3.setLayoutParams(params4);
tv3.setBackgroundResource(R.color.blue);
Produces the TableRow underneath. The parent whose weightsum is 10, and the children's widths are then equal to 60%, 20% and 20% of the width. The height is here determined by the TextView, tv, which has a height of 30. Hope it helps someone. :-)

If You want to change parent weight programmatically and it's child property as it is then use below
Here's how you set it.
LinearLayout yourLayout=(LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.container);
yourLayout.setWeightSum(0.6f);

Dynamically Generate TextView with Weight using LinearLayout
LinearLayout lin_hoizontal = new LinearLayout(context);
lin_hoizontal.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
lin_hoizontal.setLayoutParams(new android.widget.LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 10f));
lin_hoizontal.setPadding((int) context.getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.d_8), (int) context.getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.d_2), (int) context.getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.d_8), (int) context.getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.d_2));
android.widget.LinearLayout.LayoutParams params_label = new android.widget.LinearLayout.LayoutParams(0, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 2.5f);
TextView txt_label = new TextView(context);
txt_label.setTextColor(context.getResources().getColor(R.color.listing_header_txt_color));//your text color
txt_label.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, context.getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.d_13));
txt_label.setTypeface(Typeface.create("sans-serif-medium", Typeface.NORMAL));
txt_label.setLayoutParams(params_label);
txt_label.setPadding(0, 0, (int) context.getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.d_2), 0);
txt_label.setText("Label");
android.widget.LinearLayout.LayoutParams params_value = new android.widget.LinearLayout.LayoutParams(0, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 7.5f);
TextView txt_value = new TextView(context);
txt_value.setTextColor(context.getResources().getColor(R.color.listing_header_txt_color));
txt_value.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, context.getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.d_13));
txt_value.setTypeface(Typeface.create("sans-serif-light", Typeface.NORMAL));
txt_value.setLayoutParams(params_value);
txt_value.setPadding((int) context.getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.d_2), 0, 0, 0);
txt_value.setText("Value");
lin_hoizontal.addView(txt_label);
lin_hoizontal.addView(txt_value);
lin_hoizontal.addView(lin_main);

I like Ajii's answer or:
((LinearLayout)view).setWeightSum(n);
and for individual view weight:
((LinearLayout.LayoutParams)view.getLayoutParams()).weight = n;
of course you can do.. LinearLayout view = findViewById(R.id.view_name);
(and drop the dynamic casting (LinearLayout))
or substitute...……….. findViewById(R.id.view_name) for view above.
These both worked for me.
And if you want value in dimens file:
<item name="new_weight" format="float" type="dimen">(your number)</item>
and: float n = getResources().getFloat(R.dimen.new_weight);
I'm sure you already know most of this but... I was a newbie once and I always appreciated the extra descriptions.

Want to add textviews to LinearLayout in an existing layout.xml

I can't quite get this to work, hoping to get some hints, it seems like from my research the code should work, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated...
I have an existing layout.xml file that includes:
<RelativeLayout style="#style/bodyLayout">
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/scrollBody"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fillViewport="false"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/scrollLinearLayout"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
Then I have programatic code as follows:
LinearLayout ll = new LinearLayout(this);
ll = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.scrollLinearLayout);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setId(1);
tv.setTextSize(R.dimen.text_size_medium);
tv.setText("test");
tv.setLayoutParams(lp);
ll.addView(tv);
The new TextView doesn't appear when the activity is displayed, I know I a missing something obvious... the new TextView should appear in the LinearLayout section...

I have run your code works fine
LinearLayout ll = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.subLinear);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setId(1);
tv.setTextSize(15);
tv.setText("test adding");
tv.setLayoutParams(lp);
ll.addView(tv);
if you add new View(anything) from any button click event then add this line
ll.invalidate();
it will refresh it your component