Android UI Layouts

Android provides solid support for the development of UI-based applications. Android provides a variety of widgets that the application programmer can use to create a desired layout and interface. These layout elements can be created via the programming language directly, or through XML layout files. In this article, we are going to show you both methods and highlight their differences.



Types of Layouts as they are going to be needed in every Android Application Project we create.

Android provides the following standard layouts (viewgroups) that can be used in you Android application.The Standard Layouts are

  1. LinearLayout
  2. RelativeLayout
  3. AbsoluteLayout
  4. FrameLayout
  5. TableLayout
  6. Listview 
  7. Grid view
Click Here,To explore each one of them in detail

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