How can dynamically add a View to a ViewGroup and vertically align with one of its child

Question

I have a ViewGroup and it has a few children. And one of them is a TextView (\"+id/text\"). In my code, I would like to know how can I add a new View or ViewGroup which will

Answer 1

If your layout is not so complex, use RelativeLayout

A Layout where the positions of the children can be described in relation to each other or to the parent...

When you insert a new child view, create a new LayoutParams then setRule

You can put the child view below the textView with this

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Answer 2

Consider using a TableLayout as your ViewGroup. With a TableLayout you can programmatically add a child at a specific location.

View view = new ViewIWantToAdd();
TableLayout layout = (TableLayout)findViewById(R.id.table_layout);
layout.addView(view);

Would add a view at the bottom of the TableLayout. Typically you would use a TableRow as the contents of the TableView, but you can add any view.