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Android Build a Weather App (2015) Building the Weather UI Playing with Gravity

alex gwartney
alex gwartney
8,849 Points
Posted by alex gwartney
alex gwartney
8,849 Points

Setting the gravity?

Could some one take a look at my quiz here and tell me what values i need to set for the xml gravity for left and right I cant seem to figure it out thank you.

activity_movie.xml 
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@android:color/white" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/movieTitle"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="32sp"
        android:text=""
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/movieImage"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_above="@id/movieTitle" />

    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@id/movieTitle"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:id="@+id/linearLayout">

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text=""
            android:id="@+id/textView"
            android:gravity="RIGHT" 
            android:layout_weight="1" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text=""
            android:gravity="LEFT" 
            android:id="@+id/textView2"
            android:layout_weight="1" />

    </LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

2 Answers

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points
Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points

The values are case sensitive so you'll need to make "LEFT" and "RIGHT" lowercase. Also the first TextView should be left and then the next right, so flip those around and then you should be fine.

alex gwartney
alex gwartney
8,849 Points
alex gwartney
alex gwartney
8,849 Points

ah ok thank you for the help