How to split the screen with two equal LinearLayouts?

Question

Wanna to split a screen for my app with two LinearLayouts. What parameters should I use to make exact splitting in two equal parts - first LinearLayout on the top and the se

Answer 1

To Split a layout to equal parts

Use Layout Weights. Keep in mind that it is important to set layout_width as 0dp on children to make it work as intended.

on parent layout:

1. Set weightSum of parent Layout as 1 (android:weightSum="1")

on the child layout:

1. Set layout_width as 0dp (android:layout_width="0dp")
2. Set layout_weight as 0.5 [half of weight sum fr equal two] (android:layout_weight="0.5")

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To split layout to three equal parts:

• parent: weightSum 3
• child: layout_weight: 1

To split layout to four equal parts:

• parent: weightSum 1
• child: layout_weight: 0.25

To split layout to n equal parts:

• parent: weightSum n
• child: layout_weight: 1

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Below is an example layout for splitting layout to two equal parts.