Align view to left and right position of another view, constraint layout?

Question

I need to create the view as the below image with the help of constraint layout

This is my xml code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout 
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@color/White">

<View
    android:id="@+id/left"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="5dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="120dp"
    android:background="@android:color/holo_orange_dark"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="@+id/or"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/or"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="100dp"
    android:text="OR"
    android:textSize="40sp"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

<View
    android:id="@+id/right"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="5dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="120dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
    android:background="@android:color/holo_red_dark"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintRight_toLeftOf="@+id/or"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    </android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

As per the above code, the views are overlapping with each other. I want one view to the left of textview and others to be on right.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/42870539/6648201 – rookieDeveloper Mar 18 '19 at 12:43 — rookieDeveloper, Mar 18 '19 at 12:43

Shweta Chauhan · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-18T13:08:50.893

You can use chain for that For more detail about chain check: https://constraintlayout.com/basics/create_chains.html

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">


    <View
        android:id="@+id/left"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="5dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="125dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/_5sdp"
        android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/_5sdp"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_weight="1"
        android:background="@android:color/holo_orange_dark"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/or"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_chainStyle="spread_inside"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/or"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="100dp"
        android:text="OR"
        android:textSize="40sp"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_weight="1"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/right"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/left"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <View
        android:id="@+id/right"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="5dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/_5sdp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/_5sdp"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_weight="1"
        android:background="@android:color/holo_red_dark"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/or"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/left" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

i also need to have left and right margin to left and right view which is not working for this — WISHY, Mar 18 '19 at 12:55
for margin as I used weight so you can remove chain and also it's work — Shweta Chauhan, Mar 18 '19 at 13:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '19 at 13:00

Here is the code with following Result

<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout 
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@color/white">

<View
    android:id="@+id/left"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="5dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="120dp"
    android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"
    android:background="@android:color/holo_orange_dark"
    app:layout_constraintRight_toLeftOf="@+id/or"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/or"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="100dp"
    android:text="OR"
    android:textSize="40sp"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

<View
    android:id="@+id/right"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="5dp"
    android:layout_marginStart="10dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="120dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
    android:background="@android:color/holo_red_dark"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="@+id/or"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 18 '19 at 13:40

If you slightly adjust your code like this you will get the desired result.

<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <View
        android:id="@+id/left"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_weight="1"
        android:layout_height="5dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="20dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="120dp"
        android:background="@android:color/holo_orange_dark"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toLeftOf="@id/or"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
         />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/or"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="100dp"
        android:text="OR"
        android:textSize="40sp"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="@id/left"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toLeftOf="@id/right"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <View
        android:id="@+id/right"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_weight="1"
        android:layout_height="5dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="120dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
        android:background="@android:color/holo_red_dark"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="@id/or"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />


</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 21 '19 at 11:35

<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@android:color/white">

<View
    android:id="@+id/left"
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_height="2dp"
    android:layout_margin="20dp"
    android:background="@android:color/black"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/or"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/or"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="OR"
    android:textSize="20sp"
    android:layout_marginTop="6dp"
    android:gravity="center"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>

<View
    android:id="@+id/right"
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_height="2dp"
    android:layout_margin="20dp"
    android:background="@android:color/black"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/or"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

Align view to left and right position of another view, constraint layout?

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