Android - LinearLayout childs dispose like StaggeredGridView

Question

I have 4 elements (images) in LinearLayout which i want to dispose like the StaggeredGridView. Can I do this with a LinearLayout ? There is other method ?

The images are added dynamically

Answer 1

Do you consider using a RecyclerView with an StaggeredGridLayoutManager? An example: here

If you are going to have always maximum of 4 items then you can do something like this:

<LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:weightSum="2">

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:orientation="vertical">

            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:scaleType="fitXY"
                android:src="" />

            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:scaleType="fitXY"
                android:src="" />


        </LinearLayout>

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:orientation="vertical">

            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:scaleType="fitXY"
                android:src="" />

            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:scaleType="fitXY"
                android:src="" />

        </LinearLayout>

    </LinearLayout>

But I do not recommend this. I would go with the RecyclerView, nothing wrong with using it only for 4 items.