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Pablo Ezequiel Inchausti
Asked: 2020-07-05 15:08:38 +0800 CST 2020-07-05 15:08:38 +0800 CST

What is the difference between android:layout_gravity and android:gravity?

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When designing, for example, an TextView viewin Android, you can assign the properties android:layout_gravity="left"and/orandroid:gravity="left"

What is the difference between using layout_gravityor gravityon the View?

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  1. Best Answer

    The difference between them is that the layout_gravityis the gravity of the view with respect to its parent and gravityis the internal gravity, for example if the view is a TextViewis where you want the text to be displayed, alignment etc...

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  2. It has already been answered in English: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3482742/gravity-and-layout-gravity-on-android

    I translate it for you:

    Their names should help you:

    android:gravity sets the gravity of the content of the view in which it is used. android:layout_gravity sets the gravity of the PARENT of the view or layout.

    Here's an example.

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