Boxy wrote: > > It looks like underestimated the difficulty of this question. > > I tried to post a much simpler version of the question in the beginner > group but its been hours and it still has not showed up. I think they > have a problem with new topics over there. > > I'll post the question here. I apologize for the spam :( > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > I want to center a TextView inside of a layout. I've been playing > with the XML code below and can't get it to work? > Please help! > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > android" > android:orientation="horizontal" > android:gravity="center" > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > > > <TextView > android:id="@+id/txtMessage" > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > android:gravity="center" /> > > </LinearLayout>
Step #1: Use RelativeLayout. Step #2: Give the TextView the android:layout_centerInParent="true" attribute. Step #3: Have a beer. Possibly preceded by "root" or "birch", if that's your preference. ;-) -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in Germany, 18-22 January 2010: http://bignerdranch.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
