Question

I have the following XML:

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/linearLayout1"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tv1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/verylongtext" android:layout_weight="1000" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="sometext" android:onClick="onClickButton" android:layout_weight="1" />

</LinearLayout>

Though I have set a layout_weight there is still a linebreak in the text on the button, the button should show

sometext

but it shows

somet

ext

Why is this and how can I fix it?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You don’t specify the orientation of your LinearLayout, so it is defaulting to horizontal. The TextView is squeezing the Button. Also, when you use android:layout_weight, then you often don’t want to constrain the objects in the layout in the relevant dimension, so you can put “0px” instead of “wrap_content” or “match_parent” and let the weight determine the respective proportional sizes.