LINEAR LAYOUT – Quick Tutorial (Xamarin Android) (Code)

LinearLayout is one of the most basic layouts in Android. It’s used to easily group individual views together in either vertical or horizontal direction.

Linear layout is also very practical because it supports weight. This makes the child views “stretch” to fill out the space in the layout.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:orientation="vertical"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="match_parent">     <TextView         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="0dp"         android:background="#F44336"         android:textSize="70sp"         android:text="1st"         android:layout_weight="1" />     <TextView         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="0dp"         android:background="#2196F3"         android:textSize="70sp"         android:text="2nd"         android:layout_weight="1" />     <TextView         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="0dp"         android:background="#4CAF50"         android:textSize="70sp"         android:text="3rd"         android:layout_weight="2" /> </LinearLayout>