ConstraintLayout Treats Multiple Horizontal Chains Differently

I am attempting to set up what I thought should be a simple layout with a ConstraintLayout I have a series of text entries, with labels whose size can change from language to language. There is a barrier to the right side of the labels so the text entries stay aligned even when the label lengths change.

I want the text entries to be a nominal size (200dp for the top one and 150dp for the others in this example) but to be able to shrink as needed to fit the screen if the labels are long and the screen is small. In landscape mode, or on a larger screen, the entries should be their max size and aligned left against the barrier.

After a lot of trial and error, I got the layout below to work, by setting two of the chains to "spread_inside" and the last one to "packed". Setting them all to spread_inside messes up the layout (entry_2 shrinks to its minimum size).

This smells like something that will stop working this way in a future ConstraintLayout update (this is using com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.0-beta5). The behavior of this layout is different using beta4 (also wrong, but differently wrong, beta4 aligns them all on the right side of the screen).

Am I missing something here? Does anyone else have similar chain patterns that have worked? Is there a better way of doing this?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="16dp"
    tools:context="com.mypackage.testapp.MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:text="Label 1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/entry_1"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/entry_1"
        android:id="@+id/label_1" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/entry_1"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="5dp"
        android:inputType="text"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_chainStyle="spread_inside"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_weight="100.0"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="@+id/guideline"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toLeftOf="@+id/space_1"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintWidth_max="200sp"
        app:layout_constraintWidth_min="100sp" />

    <Space
        android:id="@+id/space_1"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="@+id/entry_1"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_weight="0.01"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/entry_1"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/entry_1"/>

    <TextView
        android:text="Label 2 Is very very long"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/entry_2"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/entry_2"
        android:id="@+id/label_2" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/entry_2"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="5dp"
        android:inputType="text"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_chainStyle="spread_inside"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_weight="100.0"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="@+id/guideline"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toLeftOf="@+id/space_2"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/entry_1"
        app:layout_constraintWidth_max="150sp"
        app:layout_constraintWidth_min="100sp" />

    <Space
        android:id="@+id/space_2"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="@+id/entry_2"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_weight="0.01"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/entry_2"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/entry_2"/>

    <TextView
        android:text="Label Three"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/entry_3"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/entry_3"
        android:id="@+id/label_3" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/entry_3"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="5dp"
        android:inputType="text"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_chainStyle="packed"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_weight="100.0"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="@+id/guideline"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toLeftOf="@+id/space_3"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/entry_2"
        app:layout_constraintWidth_max="150sp"
        app:layout_constraintWidth_min="100sp" />

    <Space
        android:id="@+id/space_3"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="@+id/entry_3"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_weight="0.01"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/entry_3"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/entry_3"/>

    <android.support.constraint.Barrier
        android:id="@+id/guideline"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        app:barrierDirection="right"
        app:constraint_referenced_ids="label_1,label_2,label_3" />

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

Edit:

I reported this issue to the ConstraintLayout team at Google and they confirmed that it is a bug. Once fixed, I should be able to do this without the complicated chains.

The Android dev team confirmed this is a bug, and it has been fixed in the beta6 release. The layout now works without the need for any chains or spaces (the solution below is what they suggested in the ticket).

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/74469361

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/label_1"
    android:tag="48,103,136,57"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Label 1"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/entry_1"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/entry_1" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/entry_1"
    android:tag="505,63,512,136"
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_margin="5dp"
    android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
    android:inputType="text"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@+id/guideline"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintWidth_max="200sp"
    app:layout_constraintWidth_min="100sp" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/label_2"
    android:tag="48,254,442,57"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Label 2 Is very very long"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/entry_2"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/entry_2" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/entry_2"
    android:tag="505,214,450,136"
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_margin="5dp"
    android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
    android:inputType="text"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@+id/guideline"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/entry_1"
    app:layout_constraintWidth_max="150sp"
    app:layout_constraintWidth_min="100sp" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/label_3"
    android:tag="48,405,218,57"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Label Three"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/entry_3"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/entry_3" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/entry_3"
    android:tag="505,365,450,136"
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_margin="5dp"
    android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
    android:inputType="text"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@+id/guideline"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/entry_2"
    app:layout_constraintWidth_max="150sp"
    app:layout_constraintWidth_min="100sp" />

<android.support.constraint.Barrier
    android:id="@+id/guideline"
    android:tag="490,48,0,0"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    app:barrierDirection="right"
    app:constraint_referenced_ids="label_1,label_2,label_3" />

My guess would be the fact that you're not really setting up a chain.

https://developer.android.com/training/constraint-layout/index.html

A chain works properly only if each end of the chain is constrained to another object on the same axis

For a proper chain, your labels would need to be part of it as well. You can probably just ditch the chain attributes and constrain the edit texts to the barrier and the parent rights.

Hope that helps.

Try it with Relative Layout

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="16dp">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/label_1"
        android:text="Label 1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="20sp"/>
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/entry_1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="15dp"
        android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/label_1"
        android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/label_1"
        android:maxLength="20"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:inputType="text" />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/label_2"
        android:text="Label 2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:layout_below="@+id/label_1"/>
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/entry_2"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="15dp"
        android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/label_2"
        android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/label_2"
        android:maxLength="20"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:inputType="text" />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/label_3"
        android:text="Label 3"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:layout_below="@+id/label_2"/>
    <MultiAutoCompleteTextView
        android:id="@+id/entry_3"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="15dp"
        android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/label_3"
        android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/label_3"
        android:maxLength="200"
        android:textSize="20sp"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Edit: This should be your basic structure for form, provided if ConstraintLayout is not the only option.

Just use Relative Layout, Table Layout is not necessary here
Set value for android:maxLength
For including more text-characters use MultiAutoCompleteTextView

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49216128/constraintlayout-treats-multiple-horizontal-chains-differently

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