Android Layout: width half of parent

Question

I have a very simple layout that I can't make it looks like I want. It's a LinearLayout with a button and a Switch. I want them to show one above the other, but I want their width to be the half of the parent layout.

|--LinearLayout---------| |                       | | -----------           | ||   Switch  |          | | -----------           | | -----------           | ||   button  |          | | -----------           |  ------------------------ 

I've been looking at other similar answer in SO but I couldn't find a solution that works for me. This is what I've tried so far:

            <LinearLayout                 android:layout_width="match_parent"                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"                 android:orientation="vertical"                 android:weightSum="2" >                  <Switch                     android:id="@+id/remember_me_switch"                     android:layout_width="match_parent"                     android:layout_height="wrap_content"                     android:layout_weight="1"                     android:hint="@string/remember" />                  <Button                     android:id="@+id/share_button"                     android:layout_width="match_parent"                     android:layout_height="match_parent"                     android:layout_weight="1"                     android:onClick="loginOnclick"                     android:text="@string/login_button_text" />              </LinearLayout> 

With this, the button and the switch take all the space of the parent instead of take only the half. I've tried with android:layout_width = 0dp in the children but it makes they disappear.

Any help, please?

Answer 1

One possible way is to have a master horizontal LinearLayout that splits the width to 2, and inside it have the vertical layout

    <LinearLayout         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:orientation="horizontal" >         <LinearLayout             android:layout_height="wrap_content"             android:layout_width="0dp"             android:layout_weight="1"             android:orientation="vertical" >              <Switch                 android:id="@+id/remember_me_switch"                 android:layout_width="match_parent"                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"                 android:hint="@string/remember" />              <Button                 android:id="@+id/share_button"                 android:layout_width="match_parent"                 android:layout_height="match_parent"                 android:onClick="loginOnclick"                 android:text="@string/login_button_text" />          </LinearLayout>         <!-- Right side spacer -->         <View            android:layout_width="0dp"            android:layout_height="1dp"            android:layout_weight="1" />      </LinearLayout>