Android relative layout center vertical with margin

Question

in Android's RelativeLayout we can set textView exact in the center of the screen with this code:

<TextView
    android:text="This is TextView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

result:

top
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This is TextView (center vertical)
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bottom

But I need the textView to be a little bit to the bottom, I try add marginTop but seems like after using layout_centerVertical=true its become impossible. Any solution?

Expected result (a little bit to bottom):

top
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This is TextView (center vertical slight to bottom)
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bottom

Answer 1

Try this:

Try to use RelativeLayout which can easily done your requirement using weight :

<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center_vertical">
      <TextView
          android:id="@id/dummy"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:layout_centerVertical="true"
          android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
      <TextView
          android:layout_below="@id/dummy"
          android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
          android:text="This is TextView"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Answer 2

Why should add nested view inside parent view ?

Use paddingTop attribute.

Example:

<RelativeLayout
    android:id="@+id/rlParentView"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">


    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:paddingTop="10dp"/>

</RelativeLayout>

Hope this will help you.