Why are nested weights bad for performance? Alternatives?

Question

I have written a couple layout files where I used the layout_weight attribute to create a ratio between different views.

At some point, I start getting

Answer 1

Nested weights are bad for performance because:

Layout weights require a widget to be measured twice. When a LinearLayout with non-zero weights is nested inside another LinearLayout with non-zero weights, then the number of measurements increase exponentially.

It's better to use RelativeLayouts and adjust your view according to the places of other views without using specific dpi values.