LinearLayout: layout_gravity="bottom" not working on Horizontal LinearLayout

Question

Ok, First of all, I searched all the internet, but nobody has a similar problem like this. So, all I want is to have 3 textViews, bottom aligned with the screen and with the same width. Here is an image representing what I want:

And here is my code:

 <RelativeLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent">  <LinearLayout        android:layout_width="match_parent"       android:layout_height="wrap_content"       android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">        <TextView             android:text="@string/help_1"            android:layout_weight="0.33"            android:layout_width="match_parent"            android:layout_height="wrap_content"            android:background="@drawable/mynicebg1"             android:layout_gravity="bottom"/>        <TextView             android:text="@string/help_2"            android:layout_weight="0.33"            android:layout_width="match_parent"            android:layout_height="wrap_content"            android:background="@drawable/mynicebg2"             android:layout_gravity="bottom"/>        <TextView             android:text="@string/help_3"            android:layout_weight="0.33"            android:layout_width="match_parent"            android:layout_height="wrap_content"            android:background="@drawable/mynicebg3"             android:layout_gravity="bottom"/>   </LinearLayout>  </RelativeLayout> 

Well, it works when the 3 textViews have the same height, but when their size differ, I get the following result:

Another strange behavior, is that when I set the layout_gravity of the biggest text to "center-vertical", I get the following result:

So obviously, I went crazy and tried another combinations with center-vertical, but nothing worked as I wanted initially:

So, any tips on how to solve this?

Answer 1

The Correct Answer

All the other answers are wrong. The important points:

1. You don't need RelativeLayout. You can do this with just a LinearLayout.
2. (Not critical but I guess you didn't know) Your weights don't need to sum to 1, you can just set them all to any equal value (e.g. 1).
3. The critical thing is you need android:baselineAligned="false". I actually only found this by looking through the LinearLayout source. It is in the docs but they don't mention that it is on by default!

Anyway, here is the code:

<?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="wrap_content"       android:baselineAligned="false">       <TextView             android:text="dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg dfg"            android:layout_weight="1"            android:layout_width="match_parent"            android:layout_height="wrap_content"            android:background="#eeffee"            android:layout_gravity="bottom"/>        <TextView             android:text="asd asd asd asd asd asd asd asd asd asd"            android:layout_weight="1"            android:layout_width="match_parent"            android:layout_height="wrap_content"            android:background="#eeeeff"            android:layout_gravity="bottom"/>         <TextView             android:text="qweoiu qweoiuqwe oiqwe qwoeiu qweoiu qweoiuq weoiuqw eoiquw eoiqwue oqiweu qowieu qowieu qoiweu qowieu qowieu qowieu qowieu qoiweu qowieu qoiwue "            android:layout_weight="1"            android:layout_width="match_parent"            android:layout_height="wrap_content"            android:background="#ffeeee"            android:layout_gravity="bottom"/>   </LinearLayout> 

And how it looks: