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Android- How to create 4 square buttons in one row with icons on top of them?

Im trying to create an app which will have 4 square buttons in one row with an icon on top of these buttons. Which is the best way to approach this? I'm trying to do something like this as shown in the image
Thank You

Set your drawable image on place of #mipmap/ic_launcher_round
<?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="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="4sp"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="4">
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="4sp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round" />
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="4sp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round" />
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="4sp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round" />
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="4sp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Have you Tried Table Layout? Although you can use any Layout, I suggest you stick to one Parent layout like the relative layout and then multiple child layouts to manage to UI elements.

Thanks for the solutions everyone. The image i posted was edited on photoshop. Now I did it in android studio using linear layout

How can I create this layout in Android?

I've been trying to recreate this layout in Android Studio (API 19) without success.
I added at the top part of the image what I need without texts on it, the part below has some explanations.
Every time I tried (no matter LinearLayout or GridLayout), the text in the middle broke the design if it is long or if I do not set real DP size (like using wrap_content), if the text has a fixed size I must adapt it to every screen size on both, vertical and horizontal, which I don't want, because I must update a lot of files it every time I make changes on layouts, and if it has wrap_content and the text is long the switch goes off of the screen.
I made this "design" with Photoshop of what I need to recreate on Android Studio on a layout (xml only, not programmatically), if possible I'd like LinearLayout or GridLayout or both, I don't care how much sub-layouts are needed.
Additional: If someone knows how to get that switch style for older versions of Android, it'd be really good to get the same style on that too, but is not necessary.
Please help me, I really can't make it, thanks a lot.

With a Relative Layout this kind of design wont be a problem.
You will need to use the properties android:layout_alignParentRight and android:layout_alignParentLeft.
Your center textview will use android:layout_toRightOf and ndroid:layout_toLeftOf.
More informations : Relative layout documentation

Use following XML as your layout codes, this is exactly what you want on your designs
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image"
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:src="#drawable/icon_paypal"
android:layout_margin="16dp"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/switchlayout"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/image"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Text 1"
android:textColor="#000"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Text 2"
android:textColor="#ccc"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/switchlayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:paddingLeft="16dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_height="72dp">
<Switch
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>

Use Follow XML code. it will fit in any screen
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="60dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight=".2"
android:gravity="center">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/app_icon" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight=".6">
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight=".2"
android:gravity="center">
<Switch
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>

Android LinearLayout: putting some object with equal space

I need to put some ImageButton with equal space in layout(something like the picture I attached).
I checked a lot of similar posts like:
Android: How to make all elements inside LinearLayout same size?
give equal space between ImageViews
What is android:weightSum in android, and how does it work?
However they didn't help me.
Using margin and padding didn't solve my problem, because I want to have equal space around ImageButton. It is important for me to keep the space equal in any device. Also I want to set size to my ImageButton. It's a rounded image so the height and width of image should be equal . When I use weightsum, I can't set arbitrary width as layout_width for ImageButton.
Thanks for helping me.
P.S. This is not duplicate post. In the first link which i brought, it is not possible to set equal space. It just put objects next to each other.
This is a layout with 2 ImageButton with arbitrary size:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context="info.androidhive.materialdesign.activity.HomeFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="#drawable/background_home">
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="#dimen/log_guid_image_height"
android:layout_height="#dimen/log_guid_image_height"
android:onClick="onLastClick"
android:id="#+id/btn_menu_last"
android:background="#drawable/menu_last" />
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="#dimen/log_guid_image_height"
android:layout_height="#dimen/log_guid_image_height"
android:onClick="onAddClick"
android:id="#+id/btn_menu_add_records"
android:background="#drawable/menu_add_records" />
</LinearLayout>
I added android:layout_weight="1" to each ImageButton, and set android:layout_width="0px" and it gave me this:
The problem is that how I can add equal space around ImageButton and gave arbitrary size to them!!!

You can use TableLayoutas below:
<TableLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="left|top"
android:stretchColumns="*">
<TableRow
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1">
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/imageButton" />
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/imageButton2" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1">
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/imageButton3" />
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/imageButton4" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1">
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/imageButton5" />
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/imageButton6" />
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>
You can you use a inner LinearLayout at the place of ImageButton to customize your ImageButton position.

Try 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="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/background_home"
android:weightSum="1" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/btn_menu_last"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0.5"
android:onClick="onLastClick"
android:src="#drawable/menu_last" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/btn_menu_add_records"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0.5"
android:onClick="onAddClick"
android:src="#drawable/menu_add_records" />
</LinearLayout>

Just nest LinearLayouts like this:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Put ImageButtons inside each LinearLayouts.
Using LinearLayout and getting equal space is essentially the same idea as the past Q&A you read.
And inside these equal spaced cells, you can put ImageButtons with layout_gravity="center" (or gravity="center" with LinearLayout as shown abobe).

I think for this problem you need use a GridView and specify columnWidth option.

One of two Android ListView filling too much space

I would like to obtain this layout for an Android app for mobile phones:
Icon - Object1
List with entries related to Object1
Icon - Object2
List with entries related to Object2
So far I have used the following layout tree (edited graphically with the editor in Android Studio):
Root-LinearLayout
Vertical LinearLayout
Horizontal LinearLayout with icon and text
ListView
Vertical LinearLayout
Horizontal LinearLayout with icon and text
ListView
May be this is not the best way to organize such layout (may be I should use lists with header, but suggestions very welcome), however it can be a good case for understanding deeper how ListView works.
This is the graphical layout generated:
the blue row corresponds to the first LinearLayout. As you can see from the second screenshot that follows, the second list goes all the way down to Hell, bringing me with her. Is there any way to make the lists respect the wrap_content+ weight behaviour?
The XML code follows. I have tried several combos (both reasonable and unreasonable) of layout:weights but none works. I also tried to set the min-width of the first LinearLayout (the hidden one), but nothing changes.
Could you please help me?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:weightSum="2">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:minHeight="50dp">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/imageView15"
android:src="#drawable/abc_ic_menu_share_mtrl_alpha" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Object1"
android:id="#+id/textView24"
android:textSize="26dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/listView2"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
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:id="#+id/imageView16"
android:src="#drawable/abc_ic_commit_search_api_mtrl_alpha" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Object2"
android:id="#+id/textView25"
android:textSize="26dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/listView"
android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>

It should work if you put your ListViews inside of the child LinearLayouts which hold the LinearLayout that has the TextView and ImageView. You also should be using "0dp" for the height when using weight with a vertical layout.
Something like this, I believe, should work
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:weightSum="2">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:minHeight="50dp"
android:layout_weight=".2">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/imageView15"
android:src="#drawable/abc_ic_menu_share_mtrl_alpha" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Object1"
android:id="#+id/textView24"
android:textSize="26dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:id="#+id/listView2"
android:layout_weight=".8" />
</LinearLayout>
Note the other changes: I gave the inner-LinearLayout an arbitrary weight of ".2" then the ListView a weight of ".8". And, of course, set the height to "0dp". You may need to play with those weights a bit but I think doing something like that for both first child LinearLayouts should get you close.
That may get your current layout to work but using headers and/or an ExpandableListView may be a better option.

Flat buttons, listview android

I have a hard time pointing out what UI elements are used here? Is it buttons or listviews?

This view is not seems as a list view. They are either Buttons or ImageButtons fitted in some layout.

If you want to make this in a ListView, you are gonna have a hard time. The best would be to make it in a GridLayout, if you are not that confident in working with that then the easiest solution would be a LinearLayout in the root with vertical orientation, and then add a LinearLayout with horizontal orientation where the childs have `weight="1"
Something like this (Just for the first two buttons):
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp">
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:clickable="true"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:onClick="onChildOneClick">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:text="Button 1"
android:background="android:color/green" />
</FrameLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:clickable="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:onClick="onChildTwoClick" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Inside your framelayout you can put a ImageView + TextView to make it look like the sketch