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Android Implementing Designs for Android Customizing a GridView for Friends Adapting GridViews for Different Screen Sizes

Posted by MUZ140961 Justice Musarurwa
MUZ140961 Justice Musarurwa
4,637 Points

stretchMode attribute

Finally, let's set the stretch mode of this GridView such that the spaces between the columns are stretched to maintain the same column widths we just set. We can do this by using the value spacingWidth for the stretchMode attribute.

player_grid.xml 
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@color/light_green"
    android:padding="8dp" >

    <GridView
        android:id="@+id/gridview"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:numColumns="auto_fit" 
        android:columnWidth="100dp"
        android:spacingWidth="columnWidth"      
        android:gravity="center"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:horizontalSpacing="@dimen/horizontal_spacing"
        android:verticalSpacing="@dimen/vertical_spacing" />

</RelativeLayout>

1 Answer

Hunter Dishner
Hunter Dishner
15,086 Points
Hunter Dishner
Hunter Dishner
15,086 Points

I'm not sure what you are asking in this, however I think instead of android:spacingWidth="columnWidth" you are looking for android:stretchMode="spacingWidth"

or you may just be wanting to use the android:stretchMode="spacingWidth" along with the columnWidth portion.

Hope this helps, if not please feel free to revise your question or just shoot me a message personally!