Question

I’m new to android, I want the following layout(See Image Below) for my bouncing ball game. Please tell me which layout to use.

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Answer 1

I’ll use a Vertical linearLayout split into two.

Something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:paddingLeft="16dp"
    android:paddingRight="16dp"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
        <Button
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="right"
                android:text="PlayingArea" />
        <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:paddingLeft="16dp"
            android:paddingRight="16dp"
            android:orientation="horizontal" >
                <Button
                    android:layout_width="100dp"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_gravity="right"
                    android:text="left_lower_box" />
                <Button
                    android:layout_width="100dp"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_gravity="right"
                    android:text="right_lower_box" />
            </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

This is just a sample; you’ll probably not use buttons for your app and you need to set heights and widths.