What is the difference between match_parent and fill_parent?

Question

I\'m a little confused about two XML properties: match_parent and fill_parent. It seems that both are the same. Is there any difference between the

Answer 1

Just to give it a name closer to it's actual action. "fill_parent" does not fill the remaining space as the name would imply (for that you use the weight attribute). Instead, it takes up as much space as its layout parent. That's why the new name is "match_parent"