Question

I have a view where I defined sizes using dip.

I want to include this in other layouts in different sizes. I thought setting the size in the include tag

<include
   android:id="@+id/abc"
   android:layout_width="100dip"
   android:layout_height="100dip"
   layout="@layout/myInclude" 
 />

would make that my included layout is resized proportionally but it doesn’t. So everything I defined using dip in the included layout appears with the same size and breaks the layout.

Is this expected behaviour and what can I do to solve this?

A possible solution in to use LinearLayout with weights in the included layout, instead of hardcode in dip. But with dip I have more control, and don’t have to use LinearLayouts everywhere…

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

If you specify a size in dip or any other fixed unit, it won’t resize automatically. That would be weird, generally when you hardcode a size you don’t want your view to be resized.

Layout weights (and LinearLayouts) are the only way to go.