LinearLayout is for when you want a continuous sequence of children in a line, one after another. From your description, that is not what you want (e.g. there may be a gap between the buttons depending on their sizes and the size of the parent).
So a LinearLayout is not what you should be using. Your requirements show that the buttons need to be placed relative to the parent, so (like others have said) a RelativeLayout is the best option, using attributes like layout_alignParentRight and layout_centerHorizontal. On Aug 31, 5:42 am, William Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, I'm obviously missing something fundamentally simple here. > I have a LinearLayout containing 2 buttons. > I've coloured the layout background red so I can see that it has > expanded to fill its parent. > I wanted the BooButton to center horizontally within the layout and > the OtherButton to be right justified. > But both buttons are on the left of the layout. > > What have I done wrong? > > <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/buttonBlock" > android:orientation="horizontal" > android:background="#ff0000" > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="wrap_content"> > > <Button android:id="@+id/booButton" > android:text="Boo" > android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content"/> > > <Button android:id="@+id/otherButton" > android:text="Other" > android:layout_gravity="right" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content"/> > </LinearLayout> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
