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position icons within LinearLayout

I've an app where I have 2 icons within a Linearlayout. How to position the icons next to each other centrally?

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<LinearLayout
     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="fill_parent"
     android:orientation="horizontal" >

     <Button
         android:id="@+id/buttonsignin"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:layout_gravity="center"
         android:background="@drawable/signinbuttonmenu" />

     <Button
         android:id="@+id/buttongetrota"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:layout_gravity="center"
         android:background="@drawable/rotabuttonmenu"/>

</LinearLayout>
Solution

  • Adding the attribute android:gravity with the value of center_horizontal (android:gravity="center_horizontal") to the parent LinearLayout will do it. Changing the center_horizontal to just center will set it right in the center both Vertically as well as Horizontally.

    <LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/buttonsignin"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:background="@drawable/signinbuttonmenu" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/buttongetrota"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:background="@drawable/rotabuttonmenu" />
</LinearLayout>