I'm trying to divide a page in three parts. I'd like to do it in percentage values, however that is not supported by Android. Instead I have to use android:layout_weight. But I have a hard time understanding it and getting it right. Especially how the actual size gets calculated. Is there a way to get a percentage value (0..100%) out of android:layout_weight?
I went through a few cases (see attached screenshot) to describe the problems. The colored fields are all <LinearLayout> with android:layout_height="fill_parent", because I want the full screen to be divided between those.
Case 1
Okay, simple. Every <LinearLayout> gets 33%.
Case 2
Ups?! The first (yellow) <LinearLayout> disappears completely? Why?
Case 3
Confused again. The yellow <LinearLayout> is back. However, the two first <LinearLayout> with the heavier weight get smaller? What is going on?
Case 4
I have absolutely no idea what the maths behind all this is.
Is there a way to get a percentage value (0..100%) out of android:layout_weight?
Sure. Make them add up to 100.
For your "percentage value", you want the android:layout_height of the individual items within the LinearLayout to be 0px.
When you use android:layout_height="fill_parent" for the bars, you are not leaving any available space. (Since they are filling the parent.) Because all 3 are set to fill, the requested height is actually 3x the parent height, so the weights are being applied to a negative remaining space. This explains the weird behavior you are seeing, and why setting layout_height to 0px solves it.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3629331/android-trying-to-understand-androidlayout-weight