Any way to center a view?

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I noticed in the properties of the designer you can center the text in a label, etc. did not see anything that allows you to center the view itself.

For example, I looked at the properties for a button. There is Horizontal Alignment and Vertical Alignment for Text Style but I don't see anything like that for Button Properties.

Is there a way to control the button alignment?

Thanks.

Do you want to center the button in relation to the Panel or Activity? — Erel, Nov 07 '11 at 12:12
Hi Erel. The activity because I know if I put buttons on a panel the panal can be centered. It's not just buttons but other views as well such as labels, etc. I would like to set the position. Thanks. — Emad-ud-deen, Nov 07 '11 at 13:02
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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 07 '11 at 13:45

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You will need to do it programmatically:

Sub CenterView(v As View, parent As View)
    v.Left = parent.Width / 2 - v.Width / 2
    v.Top = parent.Height / 2 - v.Height / 2
End Sub

For example:

CenterView(button1, Activity)

answered Nov 07 '11 at 13:45

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Or more optimized: v.Left = (parent.Width - v.Width) / 2 – linuxfan says Reinstate Monica Jun 20 '22 at 15:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 07 '11 at 14:00

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If you do have access to the .xml files ( I'm no basic4android expert ), you can look into the properies layout_gravity and gravity, depending on how you want to center.

Good luck!

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