I have the following layout i'd like to make the textview appear in the center and middle of the view. How can i acheive this?
I've tried adjusting the various gravity attributes when looking at the layout in graphical view, but nothing seems to change it. I'd like the textview in the center which i've done but halfway down the view.
thanks matt.
<?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"
android:background="#drawable/carefreebgscaledalphajpg" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textviewdatefornocallspage"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="You have no calls for "
android:textSize="25sp" />
</LinearLayout>
set the gravity to center in your linearLayout tag :
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#drawable/carefreebgscaledalphajpg" >
or use a RelativeLayout like this :
<?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="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/carefreebgscaledalphajpg" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textviewdatefornocallspage"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="You have no calls for "
android:textSize="25sp" />
</RelativeLayout>
Try this
simple i have tried to many answer but all answers are not working ......finally this methods works for me
<LinearLayout
android:layout_below="#+id/iv_divider"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/_10dp">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/mycredits"
android:textColor="#color/colorGray"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="#dimen/_25dp" />
</LinearLayout>
Set android:gravity="center" attribute for TextView inside linear layout and keep the text view's height and width as wrap_content.
This Solution worked for me.
<TextView
...
android:layout_gravity="center"
....
/>
Set width of your textview to wrap_content, and set your LinearLayout to
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
Add android:gravity="center_horizontal" to your LinearLayout and alter your TextView's layout_width as android:layout_width="wrap_content"
<?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"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:background="#drawable/carefreebgscaledalphajpg" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textviewdatefornocallspage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="You have no calls for "
android:textSize="25sp" />
</LinearLayout>
None of the other answers worked for me. I had to use android:textAlignment="center"
My layouts were as follows
<LinearLayout...
<RelativeLayout...
<RelativeLayout....
<TextView
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:textAlignment="center"
If in linearlayout your orientation vertical, you can put the textview in the "horizontal center" by android:layout_gravity="center". For centering textview vertically you need to set layout_height of textview to match_parent and set android:gravity to "center". If you want to use more than one view in this layout, you should use RelativeLayout and set
android:layout_centerInParent="true".
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/service_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/card_view"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:background="#color/app_bar_background"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/list_title"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
android:gravity="center"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="#string/Services"
android:textColor="#color/app_bar_text"
/>
</LinearLayout>
Sounds like you want android:layout_gravity for the TextView
see docs: developer.android.com
set android:gravity="center" in your Linear Layout
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".view.fragments.FragmentAncRecords">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvNoDataFound"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fontFamily="#font/poppins_regular"
android:visibility="visible"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/no_record_available"
/>
<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/rvAncRecords"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:visibility="gone"
app:layoutManager="androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager" />
</LinearLayout>
center your texteView in RelativeLayout :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Use Relative Layout, it always gives more accurate and flexible layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</RelativeLayout>
Related
I am writing this code, but my code isn't automatically aligning vertically.
<?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">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/quantity"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Quantity"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="0" />
</LinearLayout>
How the output should look like:
Quantity
0
While it is showing:
Quantity0
Note that you've not set the orientation in the LinerLayout, change that to this:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
As the default orientation is horizontal, both your TextViews are in the same line.
Once you set the orientation to be vertical, it will look like this:
Quantity
0
Firstly, you can add orientation attribute to LinearLayout then set orientation vertical as below:
<?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:layout_orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/quantity"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Quantity"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="0" />
</LinearLayout>
If you don't set orientation, in XML by default orientation of LinearLayout is horizontal. So,If you need vertical views in LinearLayout then set orientation attribute as vertical.
Use <Space/> tag to add space between views, or you can adjust by mentioning margin and padding as well. But space will be a good option as you don't need to have a concern while RTL and LTR layouts in app.
<?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">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/quantity"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Quantity"/>
<Space
android:layout_width="4dp" // change according to your need.
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="0" />
</LinearLayout>
The easiest way would be adding space at the end in Quantity TextView, that means your code will be:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/quantity"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Quantity "/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="0" />
</LinearLayout>
Android Studio 0.3.7
Hello,
I have the following TextView that is on a Linearlayout (vertical).
I want to display the TextView just about 5dp from the bottom of the layout. However, I can't seem to do that.
I have played around with the different properties of the android:layout_marginBottom and some other properties as well.
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:text="Sign Up with StarBucks"
android:id="#+id/tv_signup"
android:clickable="true"
android:textColor="#380aff"
android:enabled="true"
android:textStyle="bold|italic"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"/>
Can anyone tell me what is the correct property to set to get the Textview positioned from the bottom of the layout.
Many thanks for any suggestions,
<?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="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center" >
//other controls define here
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="TextView" />
</LinearLayout>
Use this
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="bottom"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="TextView" />
</LinearLayout>
The textView have to be child of the RelativeLayout then You can use alignParentBottom="true" and set marignBottom
Set android:layout_gravity to bottom
try this...
<TextView
android:padding_bottom="5dp"
android:gravity="bottom|center_horizontal"
........ />
Try setting android:layout_gravity="bottom"
or else if you want your textview to be horizontally center then you may set
android:layout_gravity="bottom|center_horizontal"
I want to make an activity with 2 elements in the screen, one in the bottom, with a fixed size, and one on top of this which one must fill the screen.
How I can do that in a Layout?
Thank you
use layout_weight="1" for 1st element and put layout_height="0dp" and use linearlayout as the parent which contains the 2 elements.
Use 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:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/hello_world" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="test" />
</LinearLayout>
Or you can do this,
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_above="#+id/ll1"
>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/ll1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:orientation="horizontal"
>
</LinearLayout>
Add this to the first element:
android:layout_weight="0.8"
and for the second one
android:layout_weight="0.2"
You can use Relative Layout like...following example
<//you are second element
android:id="#+id/ui_radiogroup"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:clickable="false"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<///you are second element>
<//you are First element
android:id="#+id/ui_pager"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#id/ui_radiogroup"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scrollbars="horizontal" />
Other OPtion use Linear Layout assign android:layout_weight to each element depending upon your requirement
try this,
<?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="match_parent"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/footertext"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Footer" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/centertext"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_above="#id/footertext"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="center" />
Here is the complete trick :
Use a RelativeLayout to wrap your two items,
Put layout_alignParentBottom="true" on your bottom item
And layout_above="#+id/your_bottom_item_id" on your top item
Here is a complete working example that you can cpy/paste :
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/top_item"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_above="#+id/bottom_layout">
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/bottom_item"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Simply use layout_weight="1" for first element and layout height should be match_parent.
I'm trying to add this child LinearLayout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="50dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:text="Beautiful star-shaped spillway, Kechut Reservoir, Jermuk, Armenia"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
</LinearLayout>
into this parent LinearLayout:
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#F1F1F1" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/tiles"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:orientation="vertical" >
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
I add this dynamically using the Inflater so there can be multiple items in my parent LinearLayout. I'd like to have spacing between the children so I've added property android:layout_marginTop="50dp" but this property doesn't get respected.
My children show up without any spacing between them. How I can I fix this?
I couldn't find another way of doing this other than nesting the child LinearLayout inside another LinearLayout and adding the marginTop property to that.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/description"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="50dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:text=""
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
In this case it might work better with padding. I've experienced that when you don't limit your height or width of your layout padding tends to give better results (sometimes).
I'm developing an Android application.
On one activity I have a List with list items. Those list items will have a TextView (I'm using my own layout because probably I will need to add more widgets to it).
This is ListActivity xml:
<?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" >
<ListView
android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="469dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="40dp">
</ListView>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/orderErrorMsg"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="16dp" >
</TextView>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
And this is ListItem xml:
<?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"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/orderToFillName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:textSize="20dp" />
</LinearLayout>
And, finally, this is the result:
Why TextView is not centered vertically?
You have "wrap_content" on the layout_height of the TextView = there is no space to center vertically on since the TextView is wrapped tightly.
Try changing the layout_height to "match_parent" or place gravity="center_vertical" attribute in the LinearLayout instead.
<TextView
android:id="#+id/orderToFillName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:textSize="20dp" />
the answer is really simple: you have to add this to your TextView's XML:
android:gravity="center"
Currently you're not setting the text's position in the TextView but just the View's position.
Best wishes,
Tim
Try this way:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/orderToFillName"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:gravity= "center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:textSize="20dp" />
or
android:gravity="center"