How to place two views center horizontal in ConstraintLayout?

Question

In ConstraintLayout I need to assume two views as a group and place this group center horizontal in the parent like the below image:

This is my xml code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="10dp">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/view_a"
        android:layout_width="80dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@android:color/holo_orange_dark"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="View A"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@id/view_b"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_chainStyle="packed"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/view_b"
        android:layout_width="120dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@android:color/holo_red_light"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="View B"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@id/view_a"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

I've already seen This Answer but it works when the two views have the same width. My Views have not the same width, so Guideline won't work!

How can I do this?

Answer 1

Your approach is good, but there's an error in how you specify the constraints. You can only set one start and one end constraint for each View, so you need to remove

app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"

from the first TextView and

app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"

from the second because they are causing the chain to be invalid.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="10dp">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/view_a"
        android:layout_width="80dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@android:color/holo_orange_dark"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="View A"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@id/view_b"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_chainStyle="packed"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/view_b"
        android:layout_width="120dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@android:color/holo_red_light"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="View B"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@id/view_a"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>