android - setting LayoutParams programmatically

Question

I putting an in-game chat module into an app. I am adding text messages as they are received into a LinearLayout view. I want to set the layout params to the TextView but th

Answer 1

  LinearLayout.LayoutParams param = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
                   /*width*/ ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
                   /*height*/ ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
                   /*weight*/ 1.0f
            );
            YOUR_VIEW.setLayoutParams(param);