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Android Build a Weather App (2015) Building the Weather UI Centering a TextView

Ramesh Ram
Ramesh Ram
3,340 Points
Posted by Ramesh Ram
Ramesh Ram
3,340 Points

To center this TextView both horizontally and vertically in the parent RelativeLayout. Start by adding the attribute

help in this code!!!

activity_movie.xml 
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:background="@android:color/white" >

  <TextView
    android:id="@+id/movieTitle"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:textSize="32sp"
    android:text="TextView"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"/>

</RelativeLayout>

1 Answer

anil rahman
anil rahman
7,786 Points
anil rahman
anil rahman
7,786 Points 
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"

You would have been able to find these in the documentation linked in the challenge by simply searching something like horizontal or center.