Question

I’ve a two line listview with the following XML for the row:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" 
android:layout_height="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
android:padding="6dip"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
>

  <TextView
    android:id="@+id/designation"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:textSize="18sp"
    android:textStyle="bold" />

  <TextView
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="0dip"
    android:layout_weight="2" 
    android:id="@+id/orderedValue"
    android:gravity="bottom"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:ellipsize="marquee"
    />  

</LinearLayout>

what I want is to have the first row (designation) to be at the exact vertical center of the row, and the second row (orderedValue) just below it

I’ve been trying with several combinations of LinearLayout/Relative layout, gravity vs layout_gravity for the TextViews to no avail

Any help/pointers here?

Answer 1

iTurki, thanks for the input, but I just solved it before reading your solution.

I switched to a relative layout and changed some parameters, most importantly adding: android:layout_centerVertical=”true”.

here is my final layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:orientation="vertical" 
  android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  android:padding="6dip"
  >

  <TextView
    android:id="@+id/designation"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"       
    android:textSize="19sp"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:textStyle="bold" />

  <TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/orderedValue"       
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:layout_below="@id/designation"
    android:paddingTop="6dip"
    android:textColor="#33B5E5"
    android:textSize="13sp"
    />  

</RelativeLayout>

Thank you both for your interest!