View half of its parent's height and width
How do I make an android equal to half of its parent's width and height? Something like a starring role here:
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Edit
Anyone reading this question, you are better off using AppCompat GridLayout
and using column_weight
as described here as nested weights are expensive.
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Some fake mockups and mockup The mockup should do the trick.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 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="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:orientation="vertical" >
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/dummy"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:visibility="invisible" >
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/dummy"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:visibility="invisible" >
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/dummy"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:visibility="invisible" >
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
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