Question

I have a linearlayout with 2 image views and a text view. I want proper space distribution within the layout row. It should be somethink like below

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|IV|                       |IV|
|  | <-- Text View ----->  |  |
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How can I achieve this? I want all the space assigned to textview after fitting the two images.

Below is my attempt and its not working.

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

<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_below="@+id/addTrip"
    android:layout_weight="1" android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="left"
        android:src="@drawable/icon" />
    <TextView android:layout_weight="1" android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:clickable="true" android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:gravity="right"
        android:text="Enter trip name"></TextView>
    <ImageView android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_gravity="right" android:src="@drawable/edit"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></ImageView>
</LinearLayout>

I am using this as Layout inflater.

 ArrayList<TripInfo> trips = inst.getListOfTrips(); //reading from DB


        for (int i =0; i < trips.size(); i++) {
            TripInfo tobj = trips.get(i);
            LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
            LinearLayout lrow = (LinearLayout)vi.inflate(R.layout.triprow, null);
           ((TextView)lrow.getChildAt(1)).setText(tobj.getName());
           placeHolderLinearLayout.addView(lrow);
        }

Experts please provide some input. Do I have to set anything in the code as well.

Answer 1

Both image views should have: android:layout_width="wrap_content" and no android:layout_weight specified.

And the central TextView should have android:layout_width="0dp" and android:layout_weight="1".

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In fact it doesn’t matter if you have 1 or any other value specified as weigght. As long as this is the only view that has layout_weight it takes up all free space. So you can easily fix you example just by removing android:layout_weight="0.2" in last ImageView.