<TextView
                android:text="please send this"
                android:maxWidth="10dip" />

If your text requirements are complex, you can use other views below
the image. You can also set the number of lines of text etc.

On Feb 2, 7:54 am, Pete <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Scenario*
> I'm attempting to host Image Buttons with a descriptor TextView below
> each button. To do this elegantly, I decided to use a TableLayout.
>
> The resulting image should look something like like:
>
>            [img1]                [img2]              [img3]
>               hi           please send this         exit
>
> As you can see above, each image is properly centered within its cell
> and some text is displayed below.
>
> *Issue*
> Unfortunately, if the descriptive text is longer than the ImageButton
> is wide, then the ImageButton associated with that text is stretched.
> See below:
>
>            [img1]       [         img2      ]       [img3]
>               hi           please send this         exit
>
> *Failed Attempts*
> Setting Height Width: I've already tried to fix this by setting
> layout_width & layout_height for each element, but within a
> TableLayout it does not seem to work (these seem to be ignored for the
> stretched item).
>
> Also I thought I could nest each row within a LinearLayout (vertical
> orientation) but for some reason the layout file will not render if an
> ImageButton is nested within a TableLayout  > TableRow > LinearLayout.
>
> *Example Code*
> You can use this example XML to reproduce the issue at hand.
>
>         <TableLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
>                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
> android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal">
>
>                 <TableRow android:gravity="center_horizontal"
> android:layout_width="fill_parent">
>                         <ImageButton android:id="@+id/button1" 
> android:src="@drawable/
> icon" />
>                         <ImageButton android:id="@+id/button1" 
> android:src="@drawable/
> icon" />
>                         <ImageButton android:id="@+id/button1" 
> android:src="@drawable/
> icon" />
>                 </TableRow>
>
>                 <TableRow android:gravity="center_horizontal"
> android:layout_width="fill_parent">
>
>                         <TextView android:text="hi" />
>                         <TextView android:text="please send this" />
>                         <TextView android:text="exit" />
>                 </TableRow>
>
>         </TableLayout>
>
> *Question Restated*
> How can I host an ImageButton within a TableLayout (or at least make
> it look like a table layout) without stretching having the TableLayout
> ImageButtons to fit the width of their columns? Most importantly is
> still keeping the text below the ImageButton.
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