Linear positioning in Framelayout

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Using FrameLayout, how can I position child elements vertically to begin with? I am choosing Framelayout because, eventually, I want to move one child over another, but am unable to position them linearly to begin with.

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Consider revising your question! – T D Nguyen Apr 05 '15 at 02:53 — T D Nguyen, Apr 05 '15 at 02:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 05 '15 at 04:30

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If you know the height of the top view you can set the layout_marginTop of the bottom view to be equal to that value.

Otherwise you could switch to a RelativeLayout and use layout_below to position the bottom view relative to the top view.

answered Apr 05 '15 at 04:30

Matt Accola

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 05 '15 at 04:40

Using FrameLayout, how can I position child elements vertically to begin with?

by vertically i am assuming | child 1 | child 2 | . For this you can use a linear layout with android:orientation="vertical". Enclose the two child layouts within this layout and use android:layout_weight in the child and android:weightsum in the enclosing layout.

if you want to keep that horizontal set orientation to horizontal.

Linear positioning in Framelayout

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