Android Table Layout Alignment

Harsha M V picture Harsha M V · Dec 22, 2012 · Viewed 11.4k times · Source

I am using Table Layout to display data as shown below. enter image description here

What i want to do ?

I want the Text in the second column to be aligned to the left and the text should wrap and be displayed in the next line and over flow as you see in the image.

Code:

    <TableLayout
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:id="@+id/tableLayout1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" >

        <TableRow
            android:id="@+id/tableRow2"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:paddingBottom="10dp" >

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/place_category_icon"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                android:contentDescription="ss"
                android:paddingRight="10dp"
                android:src="@drawable/icon_category"
                android:textAlignment="textStart" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView2"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:text="230 kms"
                android:textSize="16sp" >
            </TextView>
        </TableRow>

        <TableRow
            android:id="@+id/tableRow2"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:paddingBottom="10dp" >

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/place_category_icon"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                android:contentDescription="ss"
                android:paddingRight="10dp"
                android:src="@drawable/icon_category"
                android:textAlignment="textStart" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView2"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:text="Hill Station, Wild Life"
                android:textSize="16sp" >
            </TextView>
        </TableRow>

        <TableRow
            android:id="@+id/tableRow2"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:paddingBottom="10dp" >

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/place_category_icon"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                android:contentDescription="ss"
                android:paddingRight="10dp"
                android:src="@drawable/icon_category"
                android:textAlignment="textStart" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView2"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:text="Summer 23-40°C, Winter 10-32°C"
                android:textSize="16sp" >
            </TextView>
        </TableRow>

        <TableRow
            android:id="@+id/tableRow2"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:paddingBottom="10dp" >

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/place_category_icon"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                android:contentDescription="ss"
                android:paddingRight="10dp"
                android:src="@drawable/icon_category"
                android:textAlignment="textStart" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView2"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:text="Tippus Drop, Tippus Summer Residence, Brahmashram, Cycling, Paragliding"
                android:textSize="16sp" >
            </TextView>
        </TableRow>
    </TableLayout>

What it should look like

enter image description here

Answer

MH. picture MH. · Dec 22, 2012

Since a TableRow is pretty much a horizontally oriented LinearLayout, simply use the principles of weights to make the TextView fill up all the space after the ImageView. It means you'd have to change the rows to somewhat like this:

    <!-- no need to set width/height as those are implicitly enforced -->
    <TableRow
        android:id="@+id/tableRow2"
        android:paddingBottom="10dp" >

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/place_category_icon"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:contentDescription="ss"
            android:paddingRight="10dp"
            android:src="@drawable/icon_category" />

        <!-- width of '0' and weight of '1' will make this view fill up all remaining space -->
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView2"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
            android:text="230 kms"
            android:textSize="16sp" />

    </TableRow>

I've also removed/changed some superfluous attributes. Do mind that I just typed this directly in the browser - there may be the odd typo or tweak required.