How to force GridView to generate square cells in Android

Question

How can I force an android GridView to generate square cells (Cell's height equal to cell's width) GridView has 10*9 cells and the app must support multiple screens !

I used a Linear Layout:

row_grid.xml

<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:padding="0dp" >

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/item_image"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:scaleType="fitXY"
            android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" >
        </ImageView>

    </LinearLayout>

and GridView: activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout 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:background="@drawable/katy" >

    <GridView
        android:id="@+id/gridView1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:horizontalSpacing="0dp"
        android:numColumns="4"
        android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
        android:verticalSpacing="0dp" >
    </GridView>
</RelativeLayout>

Each cell of GridView contains a image that has same width and height. images are larger than cells and must stretch to fit in cells.

Answer 1

First, you're going to want to create a custom View class that you can use instead of the default LinearLayout you're using. Then you want to override the View's onMeasure call, and force it to be square:

public class GridViewItem extends ImageView {

    public GridViewItem(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public GridViewItem(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public GridViewItem(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    @Override
    public void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
        super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, widthMeasureSpec); // This is the key that will make the height equivalent to its width
    }
}

Then you can change your row_grid.xml file to:

<path.to.item.GridViewItem xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/item_image"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:scaleType="centerCrop"
    android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" >
</path.to.item.GridViewItem>

Just be sure to change "path.to.item" to the package where your GridViewItem.java class resides.

I also removed your LinearLayout parent since it wasn't doing anything for you there.

Edit:

Also changed scaleType from fitXY to centerCrop so that your image doesn't stretch itself and maintains its aspect ratio. And, as long as it's a square image, nothing should be cropped, regardless.