Android Layout Fundamentals

By Chiu-Ki Chan
Understand the basic Android layout classes, and how to use them effectively.
Course info
Rating
(525)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Jan 13, 2014
Duration
1h 39m
Table of contents
Introduction
Overview 2m Basic Layouts 2m Size 7m Margin vs Padding 2m Gravity 3m
LinearLayout
Overview 1m Gravity 3m Weight 6m Nested Layout 2m
RelativeLayout
Relative Positioning 6m Relative Alignment 5m Missing Views 3m
FrameLayout
FrameLayout 7m
TableLayout
Overview 3m Spanning and Skipping 2m Shrinking, Stretching and Collapsing 6m
Choosing the Right Layout
Which Layout to Use? 9m Hierarchy Viewer 10m Merge 3m Include 3m ViewStub 5m Case Studies 10m
Description
Course info
Rating
(525)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Jan 13, 2014
Duration
1h 39m
Description

Android has four basic layout classes: LinearLayout, RelativeLayout, FrameLayout and TableLayout. How do they work? How to decide when to use which? This course goes into the details of each class, explains their various attributes, then demonstrates various tools and techniques to examine and optimize your layouts.

About the author
Chiu-Ki Chan
About the author

Chiu-Ki is a mobile developer with a passion in speaking and teaching. Her mother tongue for mobile is Android, acquired while working on Android Maps at Google. Now she runs her own mobile development company to produce delightful apps, and speaks at various conferences to share her knowledge.

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