The LinearLayout is a ViewGroup
that arranges its children in a single column or a single row. The orientation can be set by calling the method setOrientation()
or using the xml attribute android:orientation
.
android:orientation="vertical"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/app_name" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@android:string/cancel" />
</LinearLayout>
Here is a screenshot how this will look like:
Horizontal orientation : android:orientation="horizontal"
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/app_name" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@android:string/cancel" />
The LinearLayout
also supports assigning a weight to individual children with the android:layout_weight
attribute.