Android Drawable: Specifying shape width in percent in the XML file?

Question

I\'m trying to create a simple Drawable that I want to set as the background for a view (using setBackgroundDrawable). I simply want to divide the background of the

Answer 1

The best way as swapnil stated, is to use layout_weight in a LinearLayout. If you're going horizontally, set layout_width to "fill_parent" then set the layout_weight to a percentage that you want. Start with something like below and play around with the layout_width values to get a feel of it (or add more Views just to get a better understanding).