Linear Layout and weight in Android

Question

I always read about this funny weight value in the Android documentations. Now I want to try it for the first time but it isn\'t working at all.

As I understand it

Answer 1

Perhaps setting both of the buttons layout_width properties to "fill_parent" will do the trick.

I just tested this code and it works in the emulator:

Be sure to set layout_width to "fill_parent" on both buttons.