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On Mar 30, 1:00 am, Ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to create a screen with a listview and two buttons on
> it.
>
> I tried the following combination in main.xml and it seemed to work
> right (with the listview taking up ~80% of the height and the two
> buttons ~10% each)
>
> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/
> android"
> android:orientation="vertical"
> android:layout_width="fill_parent"
> android:layout_height="fill_parent"
> .......
> <ListView android:id="@+id/android:list"
> android:layout_width="wrap_content"
> android:layout_height="wrap_content"
> android:layout_weight="0.8" .........
>
> <Button android:id="@+id/test1" android:text="@string/
> test1"
> android:layout_width="wrap_content"
> android:layout_height="wrap_content"
> android:layout_weight="0.1" ........ and similarly for button2
> ------------
> Then, I tried increasing the button weights to 0.3 each and I reduced
> the listview weight to 0.4.
>
> With these changes, my expectation was that the listview would take
> 40% of the screen height and that the buttons would take 30% each.
> However, after the changes, the listview took up even more space than
> before. So I could see more list elements on the first screen now
> (though the listview weight was now only 40% and it had been 80%
> earlier)
> The two buttons shrunk in height and so the button text wasn't
> drawn
>
> Does anyone know why increasing the layout_weight of the two buttons
> (from 10% to 30% each) decreased the height of the buttons (and why
> decreasing the layout_weight of the listview increased its height)
>
> Thanks Ram
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