I'm new to Android Studio and mobile app developing and I'm trying to create the layout of an activity. My desire is to include in order: (1) a picture (2) a big text (2) a smaller text, grouped vertically and centered on the screen. I tried using android:layout_gravity="center"
but it centers the group of widgets only horizontally. How to make it center in both ways? Here's the relative code:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/my_image_id"
android:src="@drawable/my_image"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" />
<TextView
android:text="@string/first_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:textSize="40sp"/>
<TextView
android:text="@string/second_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/textView2"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:textSize="15sp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Added android:gravity="center" to parent LinearLayout
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/my_image_id"
android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" />
<TextView
android:text="@string/first_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:textSize="40sp"/>
<TextView
android:text="@string/second_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/textView2"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:textSize="15sp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>