How to align LinearLayout at the center of its parent?

Question

I\'ve looked through numerous similar questions here at SO, but nothing helps. I have a hierarchy of different nested layouts, all have android:layout_width=\"fill_par

Answer 1

@jksschneider explation is almost right. Make sure that you haven't set any gravity to parent layout, and then set layout_gravity="center" to your view or layout.

Answer 2

These two attributes are commonly confused:

• android:gravity sets the gravity of the content of the View it's used on.
• android:layout_gravity sets the gravity of the View or Layout relative to its parent.

So either put android:gravity="center" on the parent or android:layout_gravity="center" on the LinearLayout itself.

I have caught myself a number of times mixing them up and wondering why things weren't centering properly...

Answer 3

This worked for me.. adding empty view ..

<LinearLayout
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
         >
<View
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            />  
     <com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView

         android:id="@+id/adView"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"

         android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
         ads:adSize="BANNER"
         ads:adUnitId="@string/banner_ad_unit_id" >

    </com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView>
    <View
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            />  
    </LinearLayout>

Answer 4

Below is code to put your Linearlayout at bottom and put its content at center. You have to use RelativeLayout to set Layout at bottom.

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

  <LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="50dp"
    android:background="#97611F"
    android:gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="50dp"
        android:text="View Saved Searches"
        android:textSize="15dp"
        android:textColor="#fff"
        android:gravity="center_vertical"
        android:visibility="visible" />
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="30dp"
        android:layout_height="24dp"
        android:text="12"
        android:textSize="12dp"
        android:textColor="#fff"
        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:padding="1dp"
        android:visibility="visible" />
  </LinearLayout>  
</RelativeLayout>

Answer 5

this worked for me.

<LinearLayout>
.
.
.
android:gravity="center"
.
.>

<TextView
android:layout_gravity = "center"
/>
<Button
android:layout_gravity="center"
/>

</LinearLayout>

so you're designing the Linear Layout to place all its contents(TextView and Button) in its center and then the TextView and Button are placed relative to the center of the Linear Layout

Answer 6

Please try this in your linear layout

android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"