What are the different types of android layouts? – explain their features and activities.

Android Layout Types

We have a different type of layouts available in android to implement user interface for our android applications with different designs based on our requirements.

Following are the commonly used layouts in android applications to implement required designs.

 

·        Linear Layout

·        Relative Layout

·        Frame Layout

·        Table Layout

·        Web View

·        List View

·        Grid View

 

Android Linear Layout

 

In android, LinearLayout is a ViewGroup subclass which is used to render all child View instances one by one either in horizontal direction or vertical direction based on the orientation property.

 

Android Relative Layout

 

In android, RelativeLayout is a ViewGroup which is used to specify the position of child View instances relative to each other (Child A to the left of Child B) or relative to the parent (Aligned to the top of parent).

 

Android Frame Layout

 

In android, FrameLayout is a ViewGroup subclass which is used to specify the position of View instances it contains on the top of each other to display only single View inside the FrameLayout.

 

Android Table Layout

 

In android, TableLayout is a ViewGroup subclass which is used to display the child View elements in rows and columns.

 

Android Web View

 

In android, WebView is a browser which is used to display the web pages as a part of our activity layout.

 

Android List View

 

In android, ListView is a ViewGroup which is used to display scrollable single column list of items.

Android Grid View

 

In android, GridView is a ViewGroup which is used to display items in a scrollable grid of columns and rows.