Android ListView with multiple columns aligned correctly

Question

My Tablet application displays a ListView with several text elements at each position (using a custom cursor adapter). I have about 6-7 columns. What is the best way to give equal spaces for all columns?

Now I tried:

• The same weight on each TextView. But it never aligns properly.

• The maximum width used along with the first one, which is still not successful, can be easily overflowed and click the next one on the right.

  <TextView android:layout_width="20dp" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_margin="5dp" android:layout_weight="1" android:text="column 1" android:textSize="22sp" /> 

Answer 1

The scales are fine, but when using the weight of the layout, you need to set android:layout_width to 0dp , otherwise your views may not scale properly.

Also, do not mix fixed widths with layout weights. If you decide to use scales, use them throughout your line layout.

Answer 2

It is not recommended to use fixed width and height on Android, let Android do the layout. You can use linearLayout with weights to properly align elements on different lines. use "android: width = 0dp" and use weight to measure different fields. An alternative approach would be to use TableLayout, but that would not be easy. However, it does work.

Answer 3

Layout of a table with a row. The whole idea of ​​the table is equal to the distance.

Answer 4

In my case (for viewing the errorlog) I determined the width for 4 columns (TextViews) from 5 and 1 (in the ice book with the error description) I got weight = 1 to take all the free space. It looks beautiful and without performance overhangs.

Answer 5

It seems that it is not possible to get a neat table like ListView, since when managing weight different columns of content have different column sizes. Does anyone have an XML solution? Fixed width does not work, since I need to support different screens.