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I recently ran into a problem again that I already had several times in the last years.
LinearLayout is a very convenient layout manager. But what I totally miss is the possibility to add a certain space between the elements (like padding) in a single XML tag.
What I mean by one tag is, that I can define in the declaration of the LinearLayout the spacing between the elements (e.g. in a vertical LinearLayout the vertical space between two elements in this layout).
I know that I can do it by adding the XML tag android:layout_marginTop or something similar to every element in the LinearLayout.
But I would like to be able to define it in only one point, as the spacing is the same for all elements.
Does anybody know an easy way to do this (not implementing a custom LinearLayout or something like that)? I prefer a solution that works directly in XML without the need for coding.
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Equal distribution To create a linear layout in which each child uses the same amount of space on the screen, set the android:layout_height of each view to "0dp" (for a vertical layout) or the android:layout_width of each view to "0dp" (for a horizontal layout). Then set the android:layout_weight of each view to "1" .
Expanding on fedj's answer, if you set layout_width to 0dp and set the layout_weight for each of the buttons to 1, the available width will be shared equally between the buttons.
LinearLayout is less used as compared to RelativeLayout. RelativeLayout is used more in applications. We can use LinearLayout inside RelativeLayout. We can also use RelativeLayout as a Child of LinearLayout.
Use the setPadding(left, top, right, bottom) method on the view to set the padding.
the way that is recommended is to apply a style to all the elements in the linear layout
android:style="@style/mystyle" <style name="mystyle"> <item name="android:layout_marginTop">10dp</item> ... other things that your elements have in common </style> If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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