android:layout_height 50% of the screen size

Question

I just implemented a ListView inside a LinearLayout, but I need to define the height of the LinearLayout (it has to be 50% of the screen height).

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/widget34"
    android:layout_width="300px"
    android:layout_height="235px"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_below="@+id/tv_scanning_for"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true">

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/lv_events"
        android:textSize="18sp"         
        android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/tv_scanning_for"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true">
    </ListView>

</LinearLayout>

Is that possible?

I did something similar for a button and an EditText, but doesn't seem to work on Layouts.

This is my Code:

    //capture the size of the devices screen
    Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
    double width = display.getWidth();

    //my EditText will be smaller than full screen (80%)        
    double doubleSize = (width/5)*4;
    int editTextSize = (int) doubleSize;

    //define the EditText 
    userName = (EditText) this.findViewById(R.id.userName);
    password = (EditText) this.findViewById(R.id.password);

    //set the size
    userName.setWidth(editTextSize);
    password.setWidth(editTextSize);

Answer 1

To make sure the height of a view is 50% of the screen then we can create two sub LinearLayouts in a LinearLayout. Each of the child LinearLayout should have "android:layout_weight" of 0.5 to cover half the screen

the parent LinearLAyout should have "android:orientation" set to vertical

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here is code for your reference.... this code contains two buttons of height half the screen

<LinearLayout 
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_height="match_parent">

<LinearLayout

    android:layout_weight="0.5"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <Button
        android:padding="10dp"
        android:layout_weight="0.5"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:text="button1"
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        />

    <Button
        android:padding="10dp"
        android:layout_weight="0.5"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:text="button2"
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        />

    </LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout

    android:layout_weight="0.5"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal">


    </LinearLayout>
   </LinearLayout>

Answer 2

To achieve this feat, define a outer linear layout with a weightSum={amount of weight to distribute}.

it defines the maximum weight sum. If unspecified, the sum is computed by adding the layout_weight of all of the children. This can be used for instance to give a single child 50% of the total available space by giving it a layout_weight of 0.5 and setting the weightSum to 1.0.Another example would be set weightSum=2, and if the two children set layout_weight=1 then each would get 50% of the available space.

WeightSum is dependent on the amount of children in the parent layout.

Answer 3

Set its layout_height="0dp"*, add a blank View beneath it (or blank ImageView or just a FrameLayout) with a layout_height also equal to 0dp, and set both Views to have a layout_weight="1"

This will stretch each View equally as it fills the screen. Since both have the same weight, each will take 50% of the screen.

*See adamp's comment for why that works and other really helpful tidbits.

Answer 4

best way is use

layout_height="0dp" layout_weight="0.5"

for example

<WebView
    android:id="@+id/wvHelp"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:layout_weight="0.5" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/txtTEMP"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:layout_weight="0.5"
    android:text="TextView" />

WebView,TextView have 50% of the screen height