Android: creating two columns in a linearlayout

Answer 1

A potential issue with just having two vertical LinearLayouts for you columns is that nothing ensures rows will line up if row heights are variable. TableLayout is best for this, and also gives you a bunch of control on how columns shrink or grow to fill available space.

The link has changed since @santhosh-shettigar posted.
Guide: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/layout/grid.html
Reference: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TableLayout.html

Answer 2

I hope it will helpful to you.

Try this Code..

<LinearLayout 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:orientation="horizontal">


    <LinearLayout 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="#00FF00"
        android:paddingRight="90dp"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

        <Button 
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/b1"
            android:text="Button 1"/>

    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout 
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="#FF00FF"
        android:orientation="vertical" >     

        <Button 
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/b2"
            android:text="Button 2"/>

    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

Answer 3

Yeah, this one is confusing. Even though the width of LinearLayout is set to fill_parent, it still only takes the minimum width necessary. You need to set the 2nd TextView to fill_parent and then its gravity to right:

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/linearLayout2"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Street"/>

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView2"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="456546546"
        android:gravity="right" />

</LinearLayout>

Answer 4

You should use android:layout_weight attribute. Here is an example:

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/linearLayout2"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Street" 
        android:layout_gravity="left"
        android:background="#88FF0000"/>

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView2"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="456546546"
        android:layout_gravity="right" 
        android:background="#8800FF00"/>

</LinearLayout>

Answer 5

And if you need a gap between buttons :

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

    <Button

        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="0.95"
        android:text="Via SMS" />

    <View
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="0.05" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="0.95"
        android:text="Diaporama" />
</LinearLayout>

Answer 6

If u want to have multiple rows in each columns u can use Table Layout