How can I get an Android TableLayout to fill the screen?

Question

I\'m battling with Android\'s awful layout system. I\'m trying to get a table to fill the screen (simple right?) but it\'s ridiculously hard.

I got it to work someho

Answer 1

Found the answer: apparently it is the layout_weight that makes it work and there is no way to set it from Java. Damnit.

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