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How to get the right cells closer to left celss in TableLayout?

I have the following code:
<TableLayout
android:id="#+id/table"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:shrinkColumns="*"
android:stretchColumns="*"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp">
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/table_row1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_project1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="text"/>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinner_project2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="true" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/table_row2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_project2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Very long test"/>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinner_project2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="true" />
</TableRow>
</TableLayout
It basically creates the following table:
text [spinner]
very long text [spinner]
I want the spinner to be closer to the text so I don't want the row to be 50-50. Rather I want to take the longest string in the text and this will be the size of the cells in the first column. I will get:
text [spinner] <Nothing here>
very long text [spinner] <Nothing here>
I tried to use marginLeft but it didn't help. I also tried use weights=3 with inserting empty text-view. It looks better but then I get empty textview in the middle of the code. I'm sure there is a way to do it. How can I do it?

Use android:shrinkColumns="1" for TableLayout currently you are using * and remove android:stretchColumns="*"
<TableLayout
android:id="#+id/table"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:shrinkColumns="1"
android:layout_margin="15dp"
>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/table_row1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_project1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="text"/>
<Spinner
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="true" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/table_row2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_project2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Very long test"/>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinner_2"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="true" />
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>
Note : Indexing starts from 0 i.e if you want to shrink/stretch 1st
column you have to use 0 not 1

Aligning columns headings on custom listview checkboxes

I'm using a tablelayout where each row has a number of checkboxes, and am using a custom adapter. The columns do expand evenly across the screen. On the parent layout I also have a series of "check/uncheck all" type checkboxes and they line up perfectly with the listview checkboxes. My issue is that I can't get column headings for the checkboxes to line up with the columns. They have a creep, either too much or too little, let alone working across both phone and tablet devices. My suspicion is that the problem may be caused by the text associated with the leftmost checkboxs, the only ones that have any text associated with them.
This is the xml for the check/uncheck all checkboxes and lines up fine.
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TableLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/light_blue"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TableRow
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<CheckBox
android:id="#+id/checkBox1"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:width="60dp"
android:background="#color/light_blue"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:text="Ck all"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<CheckBox
android:id="#+id/checkBoxI"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#color/light_blue"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false" />
<CheckBox
android:id="#+id/checkBoxII"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#color/light_blue"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false" />
etc.
This is for column headings and does not line up.
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TableLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/light_blue"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TableRow
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:width="60dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#color/light_blue"/>
<TextView
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#color/light_blue"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="I"/>
<TextView
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#color/light_blue"
android:text="I"/>
etc
This is another attempt that also does not line up.
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TableLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/light_blue"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TableRow
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:width="60dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text=""
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#color/light_blue"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/keycode"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#color/light_blue"
android:text="I"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#color/light_blue"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:text="II"
android:textStyle="bold" />
etc.
I've tried many different combinations of text alignment, and even tried to force the column widths which of course wouldn't work across devices. I've spent all day on this and still have no clue. Any help appreciated.

Ok, it was my stupidity. I had forgotten that I had left LinearLayouts around the table rows as I was cutting and pasting. After removing those Linearlayouts things lined up as expected. I did have to give the first column a textsize parm though, otherwise the variable width of the text associated with the leftmost checkbox messed up the alignment of the rest of the columns. I just had to make the textsize larger than any of the text in that column.

How to force a TableRow to wrap_content?

I am trying to build a really simple TableLayout, with 2 columns and an undeterminate number of rows.
In the first columns, I put a TextView, which MUST BE written on 2 lines :
<string name="param_period_data_rec_text">Période d\'acquisition des données\n(secondes)</string>
And in the second column, I put an EditText.
My problem is : the EditText's height is about 1 and a half lines of text, and the TableRows wraps around it, hiding the half of the second line of the TextView.
Of course, I would like the TextView to be displayed completely. How should I do?
<TableLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="30dp"
android:background="#color/blanc"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:padding="20dp" >
<TableRow
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/param_frequence_data_rec_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/param_period_data_rec_text"
android:textColor="#android:color/black"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/param_frequence_data_rec_input"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/param_period_data_rec_input"
android:textColor="#android:color/black"
android:textSize="20sp" />
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>

<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TableRow
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/param_frequence_data_rec_text"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="#string/param_period_data_rec_text"
android:textColor="#android:color/black"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/param_frequence_data_rec_input"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="editText"
android:textColor="#android:color/black"
android:textSize="20sp" />
</TableRow>
update: textVeiw and editText width = 0dp, so that layout_weight="1" property can work

Try to set android:layout_height="wrap_content" to fill_parent in your TextView.

Try adding
android:minLines="2"
to the tag describing the widget that needs to have at least two lines. wrap_content (which you already have) should take care of the rest.

Android, setting column sizes in TableLayout

So, I'm creating TableLayout from code by inflating layout files. I'm trying to get first row spanning over two columns, and each next row contains two TextViews: key and value. Problem is that value can be quite long, so I was playing around with settings android:stretchColumns, android:shrinkColumns in TableLayout xml. Now Key column and Value Column looks fine, but first, spanned, header is wider that screen size.
Current situation of my files looks like this:
tale_row.xml:
<TableRow xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingTop="5dp"
android:paddingBottom="5dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:paddingRight="10dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/key"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#color/gray"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/value"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#android:color/black" />"
</TableRow>
header_row.xml:
<TableRow xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/header"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_span="2"
style="#style/group_separator_style"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp" />
</TableRow>
table.xml:
<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:stretchColumns="1" >
</TableLayout>
Any ideas, what could be the reason? Setting attributes clipChildren and clipToPadding to true didn't help.

It looks like setting android:stretchColumns="1" and android:shrinkColumns="1" solved the problem

Android question about TableLayout and ellipsis

I'm having a problem with my TableLayout. It consists of two columns and multiple rows. When the TextView of the second column contains text of a longer width, then it pushes the TextView's in that column (in the below rows) off of the screen (to the right). Instead, I want it to keep the text to the left and have it cap the text at the end with an ellipsis. Can anyone see what's wrong with my XML?
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#4096cc" >
<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#drawable/roundedshape"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:stretchColumns="1">
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:layout_column="1"
android:text="Server Name"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:padding="10dip" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtServerName"
android:text=""
android:gravity="right"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:padding="10dip" />
</TableRow>
<View
android:layout_height="2dip"
android:background="#FF909090" />
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:layout_column="1"
android:text="Status"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:padding="10dip" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/status"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:padding="10dip"
android:src="#drawable/icon" />
</TableRow>
.
.
.
</TableLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Depending on which column you want to put the cap on, you need to use
android:shrinkColumns=x
in your TableLayout where x is the index of the column you want to ellipsize.
You probably also want to set the maxLines on the TextView to 1 as well.