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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

We want to center this TextView both horizontally and vertically in the parent RelativeLayout. Start by adding the attri

not getting

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="android:text="
            android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"/>

</RelativeLayout>

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Ramesh,

In the documentation linked within the question, you'll see an attribute that allows you to set the horizontal alignment to be centred within the layout.

Applying that in code looks like:

android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

You need to add that inside the attributes for the TextView.

I hope that helps.

Steve.