Adding blank spaces to layout

Question

I am trying to make empty lines within android. This is what I have been doing:

android:layout_width=\"fill_parent\" 
android:layout_height=\"wrap_content\" 
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Answer 1

Use Space or View to add a specific amount of space. For 30 vertical density pixels:

<Space
  android:layout_width="1dp"
  android:layout_height="30dp"/>

If you need a flexible space-filler, use View between items in a LinearLayout:

<View
  android:layout_width="1dp"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:layout_weight="1"/>

or

<View
  android:layout_width="1dp"
  android:layout_height="0dp"
  android:layout_weight="1"/>

This works for most layouts for API 14 & later, except widgets (use FrameLayout instead).

[Updated 9/2014 to use Space. Hat tip to @Sean]

Answer 2

try this

in layout.xml :

<TextView
        android:id="@+id/xxx"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
        android:text="@string/empty_spaces" />

in strings.xml :

<string name="empty_spaces">\t\t</string>

it worked for me

Answer 3

Just add weightSum tag to linearlayout to 1 and for the corresponding view beneath it give layout_weight as .9 it will create a space between the views. You can experiment with the values to get appropriate value for you.

Answer 4

If you don't need the gap to be exactly 2 lines high, you can add an empty view like this:

    <View
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="30dp">
    </View>

Answer 5

This can by be achieved by using space or view.

Space is lightweight but not much flexible.

View occupies a rectangular area on the screen and is responsible for drawing and event handling. View is more customizable, you can add background, draw shapes like space.

Implementing Space :

(Eg: Space For 20 vertical and 10 horizontal density pixels)

<Space
  android:layout_width="10dp"
  android:layout_height="20dp"/>

Implementing View :

(Eg: View For 20 vertical and 10 horizontal density pixels including a background color)

  <View
       android:layout_width="10dp"
       android:layout_height="20dp"
       android:background="@color/bg_color"/>

Space for string formatting using HTML entity:

  for non-breakable whitespace.   for regular space.

Answer 6

I strongly disagree with CaspNZ's approach.

First of all, this invisible view will be measured because it is "fill_parent". Android will try to calculate the right width of it. Instead, a small constant number (1dp) is recommended here.

Secondly, View should be replaced by a simpler class Space, a class dedicated to create empty spaces between UI component for fastest speed.