Change Relative layout width and height dynamically

Question

Hi i am using following layout structure inside LinearLayout

Answer 1

Android does NOT refresh layout of views with wrap_content once it has been displayed. Even with invalidate() or requestLayout(). So if you add a child view, or modify the content dynamically, you're screwed.

getLayoutParams().height = x plus requestLayout() are a good solution if you know the "x", and if you need to do it ONLY ONCE. After that the wrap_content in LayoutParams is lost, since you have overridden it.

To solve that, I've written a static class that recomputes the sizes and forces the update of the layout for the views with wrap_content. The code and instructions to use are available here:

https://github.com/ea167/android-layout-wrap-content-updater

Enjoy!