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relativelayout align issue about text and image overlap

I have the circle icon , it build up by one text view and one image view .
I want text and image can overlap , so i use relativeLayout.
When i run the app , i found it's align out of my control from different screen size.
Is there any better way to design the layout ?
I set the layout like this:
<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="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".PageFragment.ActivityHomePage">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="300dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="15dp"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/activityHpEduin"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:textColor="#66CDAA"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="test" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/activityHpTitle"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:textSize="20dp"
android:textColor="#android:color/black"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="test" />
<TextView
android:textSize="18dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:textColor="#6666ff"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="7.16.2016-2/12.2017"
android:id="#+id/activityHpDate" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<RelativeLayout
android:paddingTop="20dp"
android:paddingLeft="15dp"
android:paddingRight="15dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/circleNews"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:src="#drawable/btn_news" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="24dp"
android:layout_marginTop="70dp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/circleNews" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/circleActivityContent"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/circleNews"
android:src="#drawable/btn_content" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="140dp"
android:layout_marginTop="70dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:text="#string/circleActivityContent" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/circleSignUp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/circleActivityContent"
android:src="#drawable/btn_apply" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="252dp"
android:layout_marginTop="70dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:text="#string/circleSignUp" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="20dp"
android:paddingLeft="15dp"
android:paddingRight="15dp">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/circlePresenter"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:src="#drawable/btn_speakers" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:layout_marginTop="70dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:text="#string/circlePresenter" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/circleHotel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/circlePresenter"
android:src="#drawable/btn_accommodation" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="138dp"
android:layout_marginTop="70dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:text="#string/circleHotel" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/circleTransportation"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/circleHotel"
android:src="#drawable/btn_traffic" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="252dp"
android:layout_marginTop="70dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:text="#string/circleTransportation" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="20dp"
android:paddingLeft="15dp"
android:paddingRight="15dp">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/circleSponsor"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="117dp"
android:src="#drawable/btn_sponsors" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="146dp"
android:layout_marginTop="70dp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/circleSponsor" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Try this sample code it is similar to what you want.
First here is the xml file code here i have a imageview and below it a text together they are in relative layout.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/RelativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="110dp"
android:layout_height="110dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginTop="40dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="#drawable/user_icon" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_email"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="45dp"
android:layout_alignStart="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_below="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:textColor="#color/White"
android:textSize="18sp" />
</RelativeLayout>
The output is like below:
another answer with new requirement:
xml code:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="119dp"
android:layout_marginTop="50dp">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#drawable/banner_bg" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:fontFamily="#string/font_family_universal"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="20dp"
android:text="hello world"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="25dp"
android:textStyle="normal"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
screenshot of above code:
Remember its a sample code change background path accordingly and other properties.Here there is image and above it there is textview as required.

try to bring your textview on front like this
tv_shimmer_tv_gooffline.bringToFront();

Use SDP. It help me more for such designing to support multiple screen sizes.
SDP - a scalable size unit.
An android SDK that provides a new size unit - sdp (scalable dp). This size unit scales with the screen size. It can help Android developers with supporting multiple screens.
for text views please refer to ssp which is based on the sp size unit for texts.
https://github.com/intuit/sdp

Align linear layouts to the left & right in listview custom row

Here is the situation :
I'm only using LinearLayouts (see code below), and I need the right box to be always stuck to the far right side of the screen. If i use my device in portrait mode, it's fine, but when i turn to landscape or simply go on a larger device, its just ugly.
What can I do? I've tried a 100 things with gravity/layout_gravity/relative layouts and it just does not work.
Note :
This will end as a row in a list.
The problematic linear layout contains two textview which are pretty small (~30dp wide) and on top of each other.
Here is the code for the above screenshot :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgCtrl"
android:layout_width="68px"
android:layout_height="68px"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:contentDescription="#string/imgTransport"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbDir"
android:layout_width="180dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:layout_weight="8"
android:hint="TestValueForDir"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:textSize="18sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbStop"
android:layout_width="180dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:layout_weight="8"
android:hint="TestValueForStop"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:textSize="16sp" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbTime"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:gravity="right"
android:paddingLeft="20dp"
android:textSize="15sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txRating"
android:layout_width="25dp"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="15sp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
</LinearLayout>

Try this way,hope this will help you to solve your problem.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="5dp" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgCtrl"
android:layout_width="68dp"
android:layout_height="68dp"
android:contentDescription="#string/imgTransport"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbDir"
android:layout_width="180dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:hint="TestValueForDir"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:textSize="18sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbStop"
android:layout_width="180dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="TestValueForStop"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:textSize="16sp" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical|right">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbTime"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="20dp"
android:textSize="15sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txRating"
android:layout_width="25dp"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:textSize="15sp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

How to disable or block TextView to not narrowed other elements of the Layout

I have problem with my TextView, when something is written in it. It narrows the right layout.
like here:
1 Without something is written: http://i.stack.imgur.com/zItJw.jpg
2.Without something is written in: http://i.stack.imgur.com/b5Nb4.jpg
My Layout Code:
1st bar:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/czas_punkty_bez_napisu"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/dzialanie"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:text="X razy Y" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/equal"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:text="=" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tylemabyc"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
2nd bar
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/czas_punkty_bez_napisu"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/czas"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
/>
</LinearLayout>
3rd bar:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/czas_punkty_bez_napisu"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/wynik"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
/>
</LinearLayout>
How to block 1st TextView to not narrows others ?

You can use layout_weight property to tell android how much space each textView takes on the screen. If you want all of them to have the same space you can add the layout_weight of 1 for all of them.
You will also need to readjust your layout_width too. You will have to trade off for the layout_heght. For example if i want 4 textviews in a horizontal line holding equal space "Horizontally" i would do something like this:
<?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:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="This is verrry long text" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="maybe not" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView3"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="let us see" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView4"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="ok" />

GridLayout - Aligning Element

I am trying to reduce the space between 2 columns, have tried using negative margins, but did not work. Is there a way to bring the 2 elements in the image closer ?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<GridLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:useDefaultMargins="true"
android:alignmentMode="alignBounds"
android:columnOrderPreserved="false"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
android:background="#color/orange"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:columnCount="8">
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/settings"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_columnSpan="1"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:src="#drawable/settings" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/currentCityName"
android:layout_column="2"
android:textSize="22sp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="City name"
android:layout_columnSpan="4"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/refresh"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_column="7"
android:layout_columnSpan="1"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:src="#drawable/reload" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/currentWeatherImage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_columnSpan="8"
android:layout_rowSpan="3"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:src="#drawable/cloud" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/humidityIcon"
android:layout_width="20dp"
android:paddingTop="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="0dp"
android:paddingRight="0dp"
android:layout_marginRight="0dp"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:background="#000000"
android:src="#drawable/humidity" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/humidity"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="13sp"
android:paddingTop="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="0dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="0dp"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/temperature"
android:layout_columnSpan="4"
android:layout_rowSpan="2"
android:textSize="49sp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/windSpeedIcon"
android:layout_width="30dp"
android:layout_marginRight="1dp"
android:paddingRight="1dp"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:src="#drawable/wind" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/windSpeed"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
/>
<!-- android:layout_width="40dp" -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/precipitationIcon"
android:textSize="28sp"
android:layout_width="40dp"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/precipitation"
android:layout_column="0"
android:textSize="13sp"
android:layout_width="40dp"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/windDirection16Point"
android:textSize="13sp"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_columnSpan="2"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/weatherDescription"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_row="7"
android:layout_columnSpan="8"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/section_label"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_columnSpan="8" />
<EditText
android:minLines="4"
android:maxLines="4"
android:id="#+id/edit"
android:layout_columnSpan="8"/>

I suggest implementing the entire view using a RelativeLayout, should be the best solution for the entire view.

You are tackling the wrong problem – you are asking how to reduce the space between columns in a grid layout, but maybe you should’t have used such a layout in the first place!
What you should have been using for your specific layout, is a combination of relative positioning and compound drawables (here, with android:drawableStart).
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="80dp"
android:background="#d89018"
android:paddingBottom="4dp"
android:paddingLeft="8dp"
android:paddingRight="8dp"
android:paddingTop="4dp"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/temperature"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="25 ℃"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="49sp"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/humidity"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/humidity"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="83 %"
android:textColor="#fff"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/windSpeed"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/wind"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="19 km/h"
android:textColor="#fff"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/precipitation"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/precipitation"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="0.1 mm"
android:textColor="#fff"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/windDirection16Point"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#id/windSpeed"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/windDirection"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="NNW"
android:textColor="#fff"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Not only this layout is simpler, you also let Android take care of all the spacing for you. To change the spacing between the compound drawable and the text, use android:drawablePadding in the layout’s code above; in Java code, that would be TextView.setCompoundDrawablePadding).
Icons used for the sample: water, windsock, rainy-weather and wind-rose.

I think what's happening is that your Views are being stretched because they are trying to match the width of another view in their columns.
Try decreasing the columnSpan of your Views or separate your layout into two separate GridLayouts.
Or, consider using a different layout altogether. I would recommend RelativeLayout here instead of GridLayout, but I don't know how this fits into a larger window.

try this:
<?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="100dp">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="2.4"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col1_row1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="83%"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col1_row2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="1.0mm"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="2.0"
android:gravity="center"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="25'"
android:textSize="50dp"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col3"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="2.4"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col3_row1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="19Km"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col3_row2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="NNW"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

I think you should change usedefaultMargins to false and give your own margins to the elements.
android:useDefaultMargins="false";

Children in Linear Layout with equal padding

I am currently designing a ButtonBar with 5 buttons (they will all be ImageButtons, but for now, only 3 of them are). This is my first android project so I'm learning as I go along. I'm trying to weight each button equally, without scaling them (have equal padding rather than equal width). This is my code so far:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/back"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_height="50dip"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:background="#000000"
style="#android:style/ButtonBar"
android:weightSum="5"
>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/info_button"
android:padding="20dp"
android:background="#drawable/info"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/wishlist_button"
android:text="#string/wish_label"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:padding="20dp"
android:textSize="15dip"
android:textColor="#b7b7b7"></Button>
<Button
android:id="#+id/buy_button"
android:text="#string/buy_label"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:padding="20dp"
android:textSize="15dip"
android:textColor="#b7b7b7"/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/dislike_button"
android:padding="20dp"
android:background="#drawable/dislike_button"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/like_button"
android:padding="20dp"
android:background="#drawable/like_button"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
/>
This is what it looks like now:
stretched weighted: http://i.imgur.com/MAfjp.png
This is what I want it to look like (closely):
non-stretched equally padded: http://i.imgur.com/vXTEy.png
Thank you for helping. I've been searching for the answer for a while and have tried so much already.

Here it is:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/back"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_height="50dip"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:background="#000000"
style="#android:style/ButtonBar"
android:gravity="center"
>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/info_button"
android:background="#null"
android:src="#drawable/info"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/wishlist_button"
android:text="#string/wish_label"
android:background="#null"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textSize="15dip"
android:textColor="#b7b7b7"></Button>
<Button
android:id="#+id/buy_button"
android:text="#string/buy_label"
android:background="#null"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textSize="15dip"
android:textColor="#b7b7b7"/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/dislike_button"
android:background="#null"
android:src="#drawable/dislike_button"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/like_button"
android:background="#null"
android:src="#drawable/like_button"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
/>
</LinearLayout>
I don't know how style="#android:style/ButtonBar" is set, so if it doesn't show properly try remove it.

You could add a spacer element in between each of the images/buttons and assign the layout_weight to the spacer elements instead of the images/buttons. So it would look something like this:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/back"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_height="50dip"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:background="#000000"
style="#android:style/ButtonBar"
>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/info_button"
android:padding="20dp"
android:background="#drawable/info"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1" />
/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/wishlist_button"
android:text="#string/wish_label"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:padding="20dp"
android:textSize="15dip"
android:textColor="#b7b7b7"></Button>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/buy_button"
android:text="#string/buy_label"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:padding="20dp"
android:textSize="15dip"
android:textColor="#b7b7b7"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/dislike_button"
android:padding="20dp"
android:background="#drawable/dislike_button"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/like_button"
android:padding="20dp"
android:background="#drawable/like_button"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>
This may not be the most elegant solution since it adds several views to your layout, but it's worked for me in the past.

You should consider using only image button with equal size images with equal weight inside your LinearLayout.
Regards,
Stéphane