Linear Layout and weight in Android

Question

I always read about this funny weight value in the Android documentations. Now I want to try it for the first time but it isn\'t working at all.

As I understand it

Answer 1

In the width field of button, replace wrap-content with 0dp.
Use layout_weight attribute of a view.

android:layout_width="0dp"  

This is how your code will look like:

layout_weight is used to distribute the whatever left space into proportions. In this case, the two buttons are taking "0dp" width. So, the remaining space will be divided into 1:1 proportion among them, i.e. the space will be divided equally between the Button Views.