Specifies the basic height of the view. This is a required attribute for any view inside of a containing layout manager. Its value may be a dimension (such as "12dip") for a constant height or one of the special constants.
May be a dimension value, which is a floating point number appended with a unit such as "14.5sp". Available units are: px (pixels), dp (density-independent pixels), sp (scaled pixels based on preferred font size), in (inches), and mm (millimeters).
Must be one of the following constant values.
Constant
Value
Description
fill_parent
ffffffff
The view should be as big as its parent (minus padding). This constant is deprecated starting from API Level 8 and is replaced by match_parent.
match_parent
ffffffff
The view should be as big as its parent (minus padding). Introduced in API Level 8.
wrap_content
fffffffe
The view should be only big enough to enclose its content (plus padding).
Specifies the basic width of the view. This is a required attribute for any view inside of a containing layout manager. Its value may be a dimension (such as "12dip") for a constant width or one of the special constants.
May be a dimension value, which is a floating point number appended with a unit such as "14.5sp". Available units are: px (pixels), dp (density-independent pixels), sp (scaled pixels based on preferred font size), in (inches), and mm (millimeters).
Must be one of the following constant values.
Constant
Value
Description
fill_parent
ffffffff
The view should be as big as its parent (minus padding). This constant is deprecated starting from API Level 8 and is replaced by match_parent.
match_parent
ffffffff
The view should be as big as its parent (minus padding). Introduced in API Level 8.
wrap_content
fffffffe
The view should be only big enough to enclose its content (plus padding).
Special value for the height or width requested by a View. FILL_PARENT means that the view wants to be as big as its parent, minus the parent's padding, if any. This value is deprecated starting in API Level 8 and replaced by MATCH_PARENT.
Special value for the height or width requested by a View. MATCH_PARENT means that the view wants to be as big as its parent, minus the parent's padding, if any. Introduced in API Level 8.
Special value for the height or width requested by a View. WRAP_CONTENT means that the view wants to be just large enough to fit its own internal content, taking its own padding into account.
Resolve layout parameters depending on the layout direction. Subclasses that care about layoutDirection changes should override this method. The default implementation does nothing.
Information about how tall the view wants to be. Can be one of the constants FILL_PARENT (replaced by MATCH_PARENT in API Level 8) or WRAP_CONTENT, or an exact size.
Information about how wide the view wants to be. Can be one of the constants FILL_PARENT (replaced by MATCH_PARENT in API Level 8) or WRAP_CONTENT, or an exact size.
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