android LinearLayout

Question

I want to lay two TextView to the left, and one button to the right inside a linear layout, is this possible? The following is my code where I had to hardcode the leftMargin of the button, this is inflexible. Is it possible to layout children that flows in different directions?

<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/widget43"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="100px"
>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/tc_buttom_text1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Time elapsed"
>
</TextView>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/tc_buttom_text2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="00:00:00 00"
>
</TextView>
<Button
android:id="@+id/tc2_home"
android:layout_width="70px"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="200px"
android:layout_marginRight="10px"
android:text="Home"
android:layout_weight="0.5"
>
</Button>
</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

I want to lay two TextView to the left, and one button to the right inside a linear layout, is this possible?

Not with a single LinearLayout. You either need two LinearLayouts (one for a column of two TextViews on the left), or one RelativeLayout.

Is it possible to layout children that flows in different directions?

If by "different directions" you mean both vertical and horizontal simultaneously, a single LinearLayout can only go in one direction. Either use nested LinearLayouts or a RelativeLayout.

Answer 2

Either use two linear layout(one with horizontal orientation and other with vertical orientation) or use Relative Layout. Relative Layout is stronger than linear and easy to use