Tag Archives: layout

How to center a Button in an Android Layout?

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Lars Vogel

In my last Android Training several people asked how they could center a single view, e.g. a Button, so I assume it is worth a short blog entry. If you have a single Button in your Activity and you want … Continue reading →

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Android – Hacking layouts

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Lars Vogel

One common mis-understanding seem to be that Android starters seem to think that a layout can only be defined via a XML resource. While this is the most common way of defining a layout in most cases you can also … Continue reading →

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Android – Making efficient layouts

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Lars Vogel

Android Programming is a lot about efficiency to have snappy user interfaces. The Android SDK provides two nice tools to help building efficient UI’s. In the tools directory you find the tools: layoutopt and hierarchyviewer. layoutopt is a command line … Continue reading →

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