Question

I’m trying to create a vertical list of TextView -> EditTextView. I need this to create a little input form. I have tried to use 2 vertical linear layouts that are children of a horizontal linear layout. Then I add TextViews to the first container and EditableTextViews to the second. The problem is that height of a text view has nothing to do with height of a EditTextView so they do not get correctly aligned vertically. What is the best method to achieve this? Use a Table? I’m curious how people effectively achieve this.

Answer 1

If i understand you, you can Use a list view that contains a textView to the left and an Edit text to the right

row.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/ListItem1"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="left"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
        android:layout_weight="1" />
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/edittext1"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="right"
        android:selectAllOnFocus="true"
        android:textSize="15dp" 
        android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>