android:layout_height 50% of the screen size

Question

I just implemented a ListView inside a LinearLayout, but I need to define the height of the LinearLayout (it has to be 50% of the screen height).

Answer 1

To achieve this feat, define a outer linear layout with a weightSum={amount of weight to distribute}.

it defines the maximum weight sum. If unspecified, the sum is computed by adding the layout_weight of all of the children. This can be used for instance to give a single child 50% of the total available space by giving it a layout_weight of 0.5 and setting the weightSum to 1.0.Another example would be set weightSum=2, and if the two children set layout_weight=1 then each would get 50% of the available space.

WeightSum is dependent on the amount of children in the parent layout.