Align buttons to the bottom of the layout

Question

i want to align two buttons to the bottom of the screen as follows. i tried the xml given in this similar question but no luck.how to do it ?

like this -

this should be without the spacing in the bottom

Answer 1

This is the property you need to use:

android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"

Try using the following XML and customize your button appearance as you like:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#d1000000"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MyActivity">

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:text="PREV"
        android:layout_marginRight="-5dp"/>

    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:text="NEXT"
        android:layout_marginLeft="-5dp"/>

</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>