How to center a textview inside a linearlayout

Question

I have the following layout i\'d like to make the textview appear in the center and middle of the view. How can i acheive this?

I\'ve tried adjusting the various gra

Answer 1

Add android:gravity="center_horizontal" to your LinearLayout and alter your TextView's layout_width as android:layout_width="wrap_content"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:background="@drawable/carefreebgscaledalphajpg" >



    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textviewdatefornocallspage"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="You have no calls for "
        android:textSize="25sp" />

</LinearLayout>

Answer 2

If in linearlayout your orientation vertical, you can put the textview in the "horizontal center" by android:layout_gravity="center". For centering textview vertically you need to set layout_height of textview to match_parent and set android:gravity to "center". If you want to use more than one view in this layout, you should use RelativeLayout and set android:layout_centerInParent="true".

Answer 3

set the gravity to center in your linearLayout tag :

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
     android:gravity="center"
    android:background="@drawable/carefreebgscaledalphajpg" >

or use a RelativeLayout like this :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/carefreebgscaledalphajpg" >



    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textviewdatefornocallspage"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:text="You have no calls for "
        android:textSize="25sp" />

</RelativeLayout>

Answer 4

Sounds like you want android:layout_gravity for the TextView

see docs: developer.android.com

Answer 5

set android:gravity="center" in your Linear Layout

Answer 6

Set android:gravity="center" attribute for TextView inside linear layout and keep the text view's height and width as wrap_content.

This Solution worked for me.