how to center two textViews with different font-size

Question

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/layout_information"
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_weight="0.17"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/text_view_destination"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="\@ Home in"
        android:textColor="@color/solid_white"
        android:textSize="19sp"
        android:textStyle="bold" 
        android:layout_gravity="bottom"
        />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/text_view_time"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
        android:textColor="@color/solid_white"
        android:textSize="25sp"
        android:textStyle="normal" 
        android:layout_gravity="bottom"
        />
</LinearLayout> 

I want to center the two textViews vertically,

but I want them to be aligned to one line at their bottom.

Now they are alined to the same bottom,

but they are at the bottom of their parent layout.

How can I do this?

I have thought to wrap their current layout parent ("parent1") with another layout ("parent2")

and make "parent1" be in the center of "parent2".

Is there another way without adding elements?

Answer 1

If your problem is that both views are aligned at the bottom of their parent you can use this. Both views are still aligned to the same bottom and centered on the screen.

Your layout looks like a part of a bigger XML (weight=0.17), that is why I have used fill_parent on layout_width.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/layout_information"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="0.17"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <TextView
    android:id="@+id/text_view_destination"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:text="\@ Home in"
    android:textColor="@color/solid_white"
    android:textSize="19sp"
    android:textStyle="bold" />

    <TextView
    android:id="@+id/text_view_time"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"        
    android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
    android:text="\@ Home in"
    android:textColor="@color/solid_white"
    android:textSize="25sp"
    android:textStyle="normal"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_toRightOf="@id/text_view_destination"
    android:layout_alignBaseline="@id/text_view_destination" />

</RelativeLayout>