How to set layout_weight attribute dynamically fro

Question

How can I set the value for the attribute layout_weight for button in android dynamically from java code ?

Answer 1

Use LinearLayout.LayoutParams:

LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
    LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
params.weight = 1.0f;
Button button = new Button(this);
button.setLayoutParams(params);

EDIT: Ah, Erich's answer is easier!

Answer 2

If you have already defined your view in layout(xml) file and only want to change the weight pro grammatically, then then creating new LayoutParams overwrites other params defined in you xml file.

So first you should use "getLayoutParams" and then setLayoutParams

LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = (LinearLayout.LayoutParams) mButton.getLayoutParams(); params.weight = 4f; mButton.setLayoutParams(params);

Answer 3

Any of LinearLayout.LayoutParams and TableLayout.LayoutParams worked for me, for buttons the right one is TableRow.LayoutParams. That is:

            TableRow.LayoutParams buttonParams = new TableRow.LayoutParams(
                    TableRow.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
                    TableRow.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 1f);

About using MATCH_PARENT or WRAP_CONTENT be the same.

Answer 4

Using Kotlin you can do something like:

import android.content.Context
import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat
import android.support.v7.widget.CardView
import android.widget.*

import android.widget.LinearLayout

class RespondTo : CardView {
    constructor(context: Context) : super(context) {
        init(context)
    }

    private fun init(context: Context) {


        val parent = LinearLayout(context)

        parent.apply {
            layoutParams = LinearLayout.LayoutParams(FrameLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
                    FrameLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 1.0f).apply {
                orientation = LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL

                addView(EditText(context).apply {
                    id = generateViewId()
                    layoutParams = LinearLayout.LayoutParams(0,
                            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 0.9f).apply {
                    }
                })
                addView(ImageButton(context).apply({
                    layoutParams = LinearLayout.LayoutParams(0,
                            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 0.1f)
                    background = null
                    setImageDrawable(ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, R.drawable.ic_save_black_24px))
                    id = generateViewId()
                    layoutParams = RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
                            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT).apply {
                        addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_RIGHT)
                        // addRule(RelativeLayout.LEFT_OF, myImageButton.id)
                    }
                }))
            }
        }
        this.addView(parent)
    }
}

Answer 5

If you already define your view in your layout(xml) file, only want to change the weight programmatically, this way is better

LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = (LinearLayout.LayoutParams)   
mButton.getLayoutParams();
params.weight = 1.0f;
mButton.setLayoutParams(params);

new a LayoutParams overwrites other params defined in you xml file like margins, or you need to specify all of them in LayoutParams.

Answer 6

You can pass it in as part of the LinearLayout.LayoutParams constructor:

LinearLayout.LayoutParams param = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
    LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
    LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
    1.0f
);
YOUR_VIEW.setLayoutParams(param);

The last parameter is the weight.