Question

How can I create a GirdView in which the images are rectangular (120 x 58.5), which would result in a non square cell? Currently if I have this XML layout there is whitespace above and below the image because the cell is 120 x 120. The width of each cell should be 120 and the height 58.

<GridView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/AppsOverviewGrid"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
    android:columnWidth="120dp"
    android:numColumns="auto_fit"
    android:verticalSpacing="0dp"
    android:horizontalSpacing="8dp"
    android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
    android:gravity="center">
</GridView>

Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

In my opinion, ideal solution is to create a layout file for the items in gridview layout in which you can specify the height of the images (using an ImageView). Then you can use a custom adapter with LayoutInflater to connect your grid view items with your main layout.

Here is a great tutorial for that (2. example): http://www.mkyong.com/android/android-gridview-example/