I’m trying to set a button to 60% height and 60% width of the

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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T07:04:05+00:00 2026-05-26T07:04:05+00:00

I’m trying to set a button to 60% height and 60% width of the physical device.

Since the size of the screen is user-dependent, using dips is out of the question.

How can we do percentage height and width in Android? E.g.:

 <Button android:layout_width="60%" android:layout_height="60%"/>

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-26T07:04:05+00:00

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You can use the layout_weight attribute. If you’ve got the parent layout set to 10 weight, then you can set a weight of 6 in your Button.

There’s quite a bit on the topic on Stack Overflow:

… or on the official Android blog:

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