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android ConstraintLayout does not allow negative margins

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I position lots of items relative to a layout guide, and would like to position a new item nearly relative to this layout guide.

I tried with a negative layout margin without success.

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Softlion Avatar asked Aug 14 '17 09:08

Softlion


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android:translationX="-10dp" android:translationY="-10dp" 
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Pnemonic Avatar answered Sep 22 '22 19:09

Pnemonic