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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Creating the Screen Layout Setting Padding

Posted by KOKOETE ETIM
KOKOETE ETIM
230 Points

How do I change the default padding of a screen layout from 16dp to 32dp? I want to make the change in the file dimens.

How do I change the default padding of a screen layout from 16dp to 32dp? I want to make the change in the file dimens.xml!

1 Answer

Tim McKyer
Tim McKyer
10,989 Points
Tim McKyer
Tim McKyer
10,989 Points

Hi koko!, first thing is first you need to is go into the dimens.xml file and change both the activity_horizontal_margin and activity_vertical_margin to 32dp instead of 16dp, hope this helps.