Linear Layout in Android - ABNHive

Linear Layout arranges other views either horizontally in a single column or vertically in a single row. It arranges its elements sequentially

Attributes

• android: orientation—Used for arranging the controls in the container in horizontal or vertical order
• android:layout_width—Used for defining the width of a control
• android:layout_height—Used for defining the height of a control
• android:padding—Used for increasing the whitespace between the boundaries of the control and its actual content
• android:layout_weight—Used for shrinking or expanding the size of the control to consume the extra space relative to the other controls in the container
• android:gravity—Used for aligning content within a control
• android:layout_gravity—Used for aligning the control within the container

Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>



<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"



    android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"



    android:orientation="vertical">



    <TextView android:text="RED" android:id="@+id/TextView01"



        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="#f00"



        android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_weight=".14"



        android:gravity="center" android:textColor="#000"></TextView>





    <TextView android:text="ORANGE" android:id="@+id/TextView02"



        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent"



        android:layout_weight=".15" android:background="#ffa500"



        android:gravity="center" android:textColor="#000"></TextView>





    <TextView android:text="YELLOW" android:id="@+id/TextView03"



        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent"



        android:layout_weight=".14" android:background="#ffff00"



        android:gravity="center" android:textColor="#000"></TextView>





    <TextView android:text="GREEN" android:id="@+id/TextView04"



        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent"



        android:layout_weight=".15" android:background="#0f0" android:gravity="center"



        android:textColor="#000"></TextView>





    <TextView android:text="BLUE" android:id="@+id/TextView05"



        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent"



        android:layout_weight=".14" android:background="#00f" android:gravity="center"



        android:textColor="#fff"></TextView>





    <TextView android:text="INDIGO" android:id="@+id/TextView06"



        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent"



        android:layout_weight=".14" android:background="#4b0082"



        android:gravity="center" android:textColor="#fff"></TextView>





    <TextView android:text="VIOLET" android:id="@+id/TextView07"



        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent"



        android:layout_weight=".14" android:background="#ee82ee"



        android:gravity="center" android:textColor="#000"></TextView>



</LinearLayout>

The output is like this

- Aswin Bhim Nath