
Android Programming with Kotlin for Beginners
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LinearLayout
is probably the simplest layout that Android offers. As the name suggests, all the UI items within it are laid out linearly. You have just two choices – vertical and horizontal. By adding the following line of code (or editing via the Attribute window), you can configure a LinearLayout
to lay things out vertically:
android:orientation="vertical"
You can then (as you could probably have guessed) change "vertical"
to "horizontal"
to lay things out horizontally.
Before we can do anything with LinearLayout
, we need to add one to a layout file. And, as we are building three layouts in this project, we also need a new layout file.
In the project window, expand the res
folder. Now right-click the layout
folder and select New. Notice that there is an option for Layout resource file, as shown in the following screenshot:
Select Layout resource file and you will see the New Resource File dialog window:
In the File name...