Yep: a child with alignParentRight / alignParentBottom will cause the parent (the RelativeLayout) to stretch to the entire width / height of *its* parent.
-- K 2014-05-11 17:05 GMT+04:00 Piren <[email protected]>: > I've come across something like that before. RelativeLayouts do not like > their children doing something like that (or asking to be aligned to the > right/bottom). > > Just use a size variable for both the parent and child (see > dimensions.xml), will save you the headache understanding android's layout > mechanism. > > > On Sunday, May 11, 2014 3:37:09 PM UTC+3, dashman wrote: >> >> android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" >> android:layout_alignParentRight="true" >> >> >> No changes - still the full width of the parent View (not layout) >> >> >> >> On Saturday, May 10, 2014 9:06:10 PM UTC-4, TreKing wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 6:57 PM, dashman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Shouldn't the width of the button be 60dp - >>>> since i've set the width of the button to match-parent - and it's set >>>> to 60dp in the layout. >>>> >>>> It's actually taking up the full width of the parent view - not layout. >>>> >>> >>> You'd think, right? >>> >>> To achieve what you're looking for, try setting both align_parentLeft >>> and align_parentRight >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> ------------------------------------- >>> TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago >>> transit tracking app for Android-powered devices >>> >> -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
