How to center RecyclerView items horizontally with vertical GridLayoutManager

Question

I have a vertical RecyclerView using a GridLayoutManager. I want each column to be centered, but the columns begin all the way on the left. In the following picture you can see what I'm talking about. I used the ugly color scheme to illustrate the columns and background. The green is the background for each item in the RecyclerView, the red is the background of the RecyclerView itself:

http://imgur.com/a/J3HtF

I'm setting it up with:

mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(new GridLayoutManager(this, 2)); 

Here's the column_item.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"               android:layout_width="120dp"               android:layout_height="180dp"               android:orientation="vertical"               android:padding="4dp">      <ImageView         android:id="@+id/movie_column_photo"         android:layout_width="80dp"         android:layout_height="120dp"/>      <TextView         android:id="@+id/movie_column_title"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"/> </LinearLayout> 

Here's the recyclerview xml:

<LinearLayout     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content">      <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView         android:id="@+id/company_details_recyclerview"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="match_parent"         android:scrollbars="vertical">     </android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView> </LinearLayout> 

Answer 1

Try letting the column item fill the width of the column while centering everything inside:

<?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="180dp"               android:orientation="vertical"               android:padding="4dp">      <ImageView         android:id="@+id/movie_column_photo"         android:layout_width="80dp"         android:layout_height="120dp"         android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"/>      <TextView         android:id="@+id/movie_column_title"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:gravity="center"/> </LinearLayout>