Laying out data with TableLayout
In the project window, expand the res
folder. Now, right-click the layout
folder and select New. Notice that there is an option for Layout resource file.
Select Layout resource file, and you will see the New Resource File dialog window.
In the File name field, enter my_table_layout
. This is the same name we used in the call to setContentView
within the loadTableLayout
function.
Notice that it has already selected LinearLayout as the Root element option. Delete LinearLayout
and type TableLayout
in its place.
Click the OK button and Android Studio will generate a new TableLayout
in an XML file called my_table_layout
and place it in the layout
folder ready for us to build our new table-based UI. Android Studio will also open the UI designer (if it isn't already) with the palette on the left and the attributes window on the right.
You can now uncomment the loadTableLayout
function:
fun loadTableLayout(v: View) { setContentView(R.layout.my_table_layout) }
You can...