From the course: Android Development Essential Training: 2 User Interface Design
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Distribute views with constraint chains - Android Tutorial
From the course: Android Development Essential Training: 2 User Interface Design
Distribute views with constraint chains
- [Instructor] ConstraintLayout has a feature called chains that allow you to control the space between views. We'll start with an empty ConstraintLayout and then we're going to add in three random buttons. We can grab those right from the palette. So one, two, and three. Let's close down these dialogs. And now with our three buttons added, let's quickly change their text to Button 1, 2 and 3 respectively. So I'll choose the first button and then we'll come down to underneath the Common Attributes and we'll change this to Button 1. We'll select the second button, and we'll change it to Button 2. And then finally, the third button, we'll name Button 3. That'll just make it easier for us later when we're inspecting these elements. So for now, let's close the attributes and increase the zoom. Perfect. To get started with our chain, we'll choose the first button and we'll constrain its left and top to the parent…
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Position views with LinearLayout4m 44s
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Manage positions with constraints4m 52s
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Distribute views with constraint chains4m 37s
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Display views programmatically5m 20s
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Get view references with findViewById()2m 34s
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Get view references with view binding5m 35s
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Challenge: Get in line50s
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Solution: Get in line3m 33s
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