Relative Layout ignoring setMargin()

Question

I\'m trying to nest a RelativeLayout inside of a LinearLayout, and give the RelativeLayout a margin that spaces it\'s edges away from the

Answer 1

Edit:

You are using MarginLayoutParams instead of LinearLayoutParams. NOTE: if you set LayoutParams on a layout container, you will need to use the parent's type.

So if you have a LinearLayout that contains a RelativeLayout, you need to set LinearLayout.LayoutParams on the RelativeLayout.

// NOT WORKING: LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = (LayoutParams) getLayoutParams();
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT); 
int tbm = AllConversationsActivity.topAndBottomMargin;
int lrm = AllConversationsActivity.leftAndRightMargin;
params.setMargins(tbm, lrm, tbm, lrm);
setLayoutParams(params);