How can I create a layout that spans multiple rows using Android TableLayout?

Question

How would I go about creating the following layout using tablelayout? Column spanning is straightforward, but I haven't found any clear guidance on row spanning.

Answer 1

You cannot do this directly, but will have to use nested layouts instead. In your case, using nested TableLayouts will be very inefficient though, so you should use a combination of other layouts.

Try something like:

LinearLayout with vertical orientation (1)
  LinearLayout with a horizontal orientation (2)
    Box like view + LinearLayout with vertical orientation (3)
                      Row 1
                      LinearLayout with horizontal orientation (4)
                        The Two Views
                      Row 3
  Your other large view
  Your other other large View

Here's a color coded version of your layout (each color is a new parent Layout)