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Android Build a Simple Android App (retired 2014) Pretty Little Things Positioning Text Using a Linear Layout

Oisin Lavery
Oisin Lavery
14,745 Points
Posted by Oisin Lavery
Oisin Lavery
14,745 Points

Could you use gravity to center the button instead of using blank views as spacers?

It seems a little messy to do it this way.

1 Answer

Daniel Hartin
Daniel Hartin
18,106 Points
Daniel Hartin
Daniel Hartin
18,106 Points

Yes inside a Liner layout just use android:layout_gravity="center" to center the button across the screen.