Android bottom panel

Question

How can I have a layout where there is a view that occupies most of the upper part of the screen, and the lower panel below it at the bottom of the screen, without directly setting the size from above?

Answer 1

You can set the top view android:layout_weightto "1", then you can set the bottom height of the view, and the top view will take up all the remaining space. For example:

<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1" />
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="25dip" />

(Of course, if there is content in the lower view, you can simply set the height to "wrap_content" and set its own size based on its content.)