Question

i have a screen contains just two components
1-textView
2-button
the textView starts from the top left of the screen but i want it to starts from the middle of the screen not from the top

i read that cravity option will center my textView

this is the code

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tvFinishTime"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Time Is End"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/bFinishTimeBackToMain"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Button" />

</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

Well you can do it using android:gravity="center", You can also do it using RelativeLayout.

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
 >

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/tvFinishTime"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:text="Time Is End"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

<Button
    android:id="@+id/bFinishTimeBackToMain"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_below="@+id/tvFinishTime"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:text="Button" />

</RelativeLayout>