How to make space between LinearLayout children?

Question

I am programatically adding custom views to a vertical LinearLayout, and I would like there to be some space between the views. I have tried adding: setPadding(0, 1, 0, 1)

Answer 1

An easy way to do it dynamically is to add padding to the children. You can just set it using .setPadding() on the object to be added. This example is adding an ImageView to a LinearLayout:

LinearLayout userFeedLinearLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.userFeedLinearLayout);
imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
imageView.setPadding(0, 30, 0, 30);
userFeedLinearLayout.addView(imageView);

The following image shows two ImageViews that have been added with padding: