Why does LinearLayout child getWidth method return 0?

Question

I have a LinearLayout, and this LinearLayout will hold dynamically placed views. I need to find out what the width of the children of LinearLayout, however this has to be do

Answer 1

You might be able to get with the below. But as others pointed out, this probably isn't a great idea.

LinearLayout.measure(MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
LinearLayout.getMeasuredWidth();