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Questions tagged [android-gravity]

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What is the difference between gravity and layout_gravity in Android?

I know we can set the following values to the android:gravity and android:layout_gravity properties: center center_vertical center_horizontal, etc. But I am confused regarding both of these. What is the difference between the usage of…
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Change gravity of image drawable in textview

I've added image Drawable start in a TextView . Problem is i cant control the gravity of that Drawable in TextView What i need to achieve What i have achieved so far This is my TextView
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How to check gravity flags in a custom Android View?

The problem I have a custom Android view in which I want get the user set gravity in order to layout the content in onDraw. Here is a simplified version that I am using in onDraw: // check gravity if ((mGravity & Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL) ==…
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Center hint and EditText vertically in TextInputLayout

I am using a TextInputLayout to show a hint but I am not able to center it vertically. I always get this: And I would like to center the hint vertically when there is no text in the EditText / TextInputEditText. I have tried the basic ideas…
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android:gravity="start" in RTL aligns the text to left not right

While testing my layout on a device with RTL language (Arabic) I found that TextView with gravity:start keeps aligning the text to the left instead of right ! I tried android:textAlignment="viewStart" and it works correctly but due to API reqs I…
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How to make error message in TextInputLayout appear in center

Currently it looks as in attached with this layout:
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Android: how to align 2 images on a splash screen

I would like to use a splah screen containing 2 images: the main image must be fully center the secondary image must be center between the bottom and the main image The expected render is something like this: But I don't see how to get this, and…
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Android iconGravity not working for MaterialButton with CircularProgressIndicator

I've created a custom view that extends MaterialButton that replaces the drawable with a CircularProgressIndicator when it's loading. However when I replace the drawable with the CircularProgressIndicator the iconGravity doesn't work anymore. I…
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How to make SwiftUI Text multilineTextAlignment start from Top and Center

How can I make the image and text alignment same as 3 other in SwiftUI LazyVGrid as I expected in image below? I think the problem is how to make the text start from top if the text is multiline. In Android I can use gravity="top|center" but in…
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PopupMenu submenu doesn't respect the gravity alignment

In Android API 23, I have a Popup menu with submenu items. I have defined the gravity to the end, as shown popupMenu = new PopupMenu(this, v, Gravity.END); popupMenu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() { @Override …
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Different Gravity of two textviews in a horizontal Linear Layout

I am using the following code and when I set gravity to the first textview to center, automatically the second textview's text is also getting aligned with the first one. Even Though I set the gravity of second view to top
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Is there any alternative for Toast.setGravity() to support in android 11 and above devices?

Is there any way that I can position my Toast message in the center of the screen? Since Toast.setGravity() is not supported for Android 11 and above devices(API level 30 and above) as per android official documentation. I am not able to position my…
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"android:gravity" for custom button is not applying when defined in styles.xml

I just can't center (vertically and horizontally) text in a Button I defined in styles.xml (works properly when all attributes are in layout) Originally all attributes were set directly in the layout, but I have lots of fragments where all buttons…
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Layout attributes in XML code those are ignored when using addView method

I'm korean, The image under is used korean language. Well.. This fact isn't important. I tried to add the custom view, In Linear layout, And It's be in linear layout successfully. But It's not on center horizontal. I did surely set the gravity of…
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