Android: How to Programmatically set the size of a Layout

Question

As part of an Android App I am building a button set. The buttons are part of a nested set of LinearLayouts. Using weight I have the set resizing itself automatically based on the size of the containing parent LinearLayout. The idea is, based on the pixel count and density of the screen, to set the size of the containing layout to a number of pixels; and have the button set resize itself based on that change.

The question then is: How to resize the layout.

I have tried several suggested techniques, and none come close to working. Here is a subset of the XML that builds the button set:

    <LinearLayout android:layout_height="104pt" android:id="@+id/numberPadLayout" android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="104pt"
    android:background="#a0a0a0"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" 
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
>

    <LinearLayout android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:id="@+id/linearLayout1" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="wrap_content">
        <Button android:text="1" android:id="@+id/button1" android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
        <Button android:text="4" android:id="@+id/button4" android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
        <Button android:text="7" android:id="@+id/button7" android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
        <Button android:text="-" android:id="@+id/buttonDash" android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
    </LinearLayout>
    <LinearLayout android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:id="@+id/linearLayout2" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="wrap_content">
        <Button android:text="2" android:id="@+id/button2" android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
        <Button android:text="5" android:id="@+id/button5" android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
        <Button android:text="8" android:id="@+id/button8" android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
        <Button android:text="0" android:id="@+id/button0" android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:id="@+id/linearLayout3" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="wrap_content">
        <Button android:text="3" android:id="@+id/button3" android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
        <Button android:text="6" android:id="@+id/button6" android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
        <Button android:text="9" android:id="@+id/button9" android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
        <Button android:text="." android:id="@+id/buttonDot" android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
    </LinearLayout>
    <LinearLayout android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:id="@+id/linearLayout4" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="wrap_content">
        <Button android:text="/" android:id="@+id/buttonBack" android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
        <Button android:text="\" android:id="@+id/buttonEnter" android:layout_weight="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

The two questions are: 1) how do I get access to numberPadLayout from Java. And once I have access to the view, 2) how do I change the height and width of the layout.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

score 438 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 29 '19 at 20:45

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This should work:

// Gets linearlayout
LinearLayout layout = findViewById(R.id.numberPadLayout);
// Gets the layout params that will allow you to resize the layout
LayoutParams params = layout.getLayoutParams();
// Changes the height and width to the specified *pixels*
params.height = 100;
params.width = 100;
layout.setLayoutParams(params);

If you want to convert dip to pixels, use this:

int height = (int) TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, <HEIGHT>, getResources().getDisplayMetrics());

Kotlin

edited Jul 29 '19 at 20:45

Braian Coronel

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answered Jul 23 '11 at 07:19

A. Abiri

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Thank you, that was exactly what I needed. I seem to have gone wrong with my assumption that I would need to apply the parameters back to the layout for it work. – codingCat Jul 23 '11 at 15:13
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Combine this with http://stackoverflow.com/a/8171014/9648 if you need to change based on the calculated values of other Views. – JohnnyLambada Jan 25 '14 at 21:06
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It does not work. My layout width is 2000. When I print out `layout.getWidth()`, it is still 2000 even if I put `params.width=1000` – Mar 24 '15 at 09:13
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^ layout.setLayoutParams(params); – worked Nov 24 '15 at 15:20

score 73 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 27 '17 at 07:31

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my sample code

wv = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.mywebview);
wv.getLayoutParams().height = LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT; // LayoutParams: android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams
// wv.getLayoutParams().height = LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
wv.requestLayout();//It is necesary to refresh the screen

edited Sep 27 '17 at 07:31

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WebView use smells like you use it in cordova apps, right ? – y_nk Sep 05 '16 at 07:58
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`requestLayout()` did it for me! – nickgzzjr Aug 09 '18 at 19:41

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 22 '18 at 12:28

LinearLayout YOUR_LinearLayout =(LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.YOUR_LinearLayout)
    LinearLayout.LayoutParams param = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
                       /*width*/ ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
               /*height*/ 100,
               /*weight*/ 1.0f
                );
                YOUR_LinearLayout.setLayoutParams(param);

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 05 '15 at 09:47

You can get the actual height of called layout with this code:

public int getLayoutSize() {
// Get the layout id
    final LinearLayout root = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.mainroot);
    final AtomicInteger layoutHeight = new AtomicInteger();

    root.post(new Runnable() { 
    public void run() { 
        Rect rect = new Rect(); 
        Window win = getWindow();  // Get the Window
                win.getDecorView().getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(rect);

                // Get the height of Status Bar
                int statusBarHeight = rect.top;

                // Get the height occupied by the decoration contents 
                int contentViewTop = win.findViewById(Window.ID_ANDROID_CONTENT).getTop();

                // Calculate titleBarHeight by deducting statusBarHeight from contentViewTop  
                int titleBarHeight = contentViewTop - statusBarHeight; 
                Log.i("MY", "titleHeight = " + titleBarHeight + " statusHeight = " + statusBarHeight + " contentViewTop = " + contentViewTop); 

                // By now we got the height of titleBar & statusBar
                // Now lets get the screen size
                DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
                getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);   
                int screenHeight = metrics.heightPixels;
                int screenWidth = metrics.widthPixels;
                Log.i("MY", "Actual Screen Height = " + screenHeight + " Width = " + screenWidth);   

                // Now calculate the height that our layout can be set
                // If you know that your application doesn't have statusBar added, then don't add here also. Same applies to application bar also 
                layoutHeight.set(screenHeight - (titleBarHeight + statusBarHeight));
                Log.i("MY", "Layout Height = " + layoutHeight);   

            // Lastly, set the height of the layout       
            FrameLayout.LayoutParams rootParams = (FrameLayout.LayoutParams)root.getLayoutParams();
            rootParams.height = layoutHeight.get();
            root.setLayoutParams(rootParams);
        }
    });

return layoutHeight.get();
}

Android: How to Programmatically set the size of a Layout

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