How to align LinearLayout at the center of its parent? - android-layout

Question

I've looked through numerous similar questions here at SO, but nothing helps.
I have a hierarchy of different nested layouts, all have android:layout_width="fill_parent", and the inner-most layout has android:layout_width="wrap_content - I need to align it at the center (horizontally). How do I do that?
Update:: I've found the cause of the problem - if I put the inner LinearLayout into RelativeLayout with android:layout_width="fill_parent", it still wraps it's content. The TableRow, however, is really filling the screen.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TableLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TableRow >
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="1"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<TextView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="2"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
</LinearLayout>
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

These two attributes are commonly confused:
android:gravity sets the gravity of the content of the View it's
used on.
android:layout_gravity sets the gravity of the View or
Layout relative to its parent.
So either put android:gravity="center" on the parent or android:layout_gravity="center" on the LinearLayout itself.
I have caught myself a number of times mixing them up and wondering why things weren't centering properly...

Answer 2

Please try this in your linear layout
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"

Answer 3

<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="1"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<TextView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="2"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
consider wrapping relativeLayout over LinearLayout. android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" will position the view center horizontal.

Answer 4

add layout_gravity="center" or "center_horizontal" to the parent layout.
On a side note, your LinearLayout inside your TableRow seems un-necessary, as a TableRow is already an horizontal LinearLayout.

Answer 5

If your parent is a LinearLayout, you can add to it :
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center"
And to it's child
android:gravity="center"
It should at least center horizontally !

Answer 6

This worked for me.. adding empty view ..
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:orientation="horizontal"
>
<View
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
/>
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:adUnitId="#string/banner_ad_unit_id" >
</com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView>
<View
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
/>
</LinearLayout>

Answer 7

Try this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TableLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TableRow >
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" >
<TextView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="1"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<TextView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="2"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
</LinearLayout>
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Answer 8

this worked for me.
<LinearLayout>
.
.
.
android:gravity="center"
.
.>
<TextView
android:layout_gravity = "center"
/>
<Button
android:layout_gravity="center"
/>
</LinearLayout>
so you're designing the Linear Layout to place all its contents(TextView and Button) in its center and then the TextView and Button are placed relative to the center of the Linear Layout

Answer 9

Try <TableRow android:gravity="center_horizontal"> This will center the inner LinearLayout within the tablerow.

Answer 10

I have faced the same situation while designing custom notification. I have tried with the following attribute set with true.
android:layout_centerInParent.

Answer 11

#jksschneider explation is almost right. Make sure that you haven't set any gravity to parent layout, and then set layout_gravity="center" to your view or layout.

Answer 12

I experienced this while working with nested RelativeLayouts. My solution ended up being simple, but it's a little gotcha that's worth being aware of.
My layout was defined with...
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_below="#id/someLayout
android:gravity="center"
...however, I didn't think that the layout below this one was placed on top of it. Everything inside this layout was shifted towards the bottom instead of centered. Adding...
android:layout_above="#id/bottomLayout"
...fixed my issue.

Answer 13

Try this:
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"

Answer 14

for ImageView or others views who layout-gravity or gravity does not exist use :
android:layout_centerInParent="true" in the child
(I had a relative layout with an ImageView as a child).

Answer 15

The problem is that the root's (the main layout you store the other elements) gravity is not set. If you change it to center the other elements' gravity must work just fine.

Answer 16

Below is code to put your Linearlayout at bottom and put its content at center. You have to use RelativeLayout to set Layout at bottom.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:background="#97611F"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:text="View Saved Searches"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:visibility="visible" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="30dp"
android:layout_height="24dp"
android:text="12"
android:textSize="12dp"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:padding="1dp"
android:visibility="visible" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>