How to add multiple TextView s for a LinearLayout by Java Code ( in Android )

Question

Here is my code. In the resulting screen it shows only the first TextView. Not the second one. Im kind of new to Android and please give a help.

public class Details extends Activity {
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        TextView label = new TextView(this);
        label.setText("Moves");
        label.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));
        label.setTextSize(20);        

        TextView label2 = new TextView(this);
        label2.setText("Time");
        label2.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));
        label2.setTextSize(20);       

        LinearLayout ll = new LinearLayout(this);
        ll.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));
        ll.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);                           

        ll.addView(label);
        ll.addView(label2);

        setContentView(ll);
    }               
}

jtt · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-12 22:17:55Z

2

You forgot to tell the LinearLayout how to stack its children (Orientation). Without that it won't stack them at all and will ONLY display the first item (I believe).

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/LinearLayout.html#setOrientation(int)

answered Apr 12, 2011 at 22:17

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jtt Over a year ago

wait.. why are both your textfire fill_parent.. ? YOU DO KNOW that the entire screen will be consumed by one of those.. even if you stack them.. try this.. set the width to fill_parent and the height to wrap_content on BOTH textviews, leave the LinearLayout as Fill_Parent on both height/width

jtt Over a year ago

The way you had it before was both textviews occupied the entire screen.. and TextView1 was ontop of TextView2, which of course won't stack because they both as large as the screen (Fill_Parent)

dinesh707 Over a year ago

Thank you. It worked. I changed Layout to Fill_Parent and Text_Views to Wrap Content.

jtt Over a year ago

Keep practicing your view and layout properties, try to know them well.. know what each of them mean.. and it helps debug these kinds of problems.

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