Layout's in Android

Layout in simple terms determines how the items are being displayed for the user in an activity in the app or widget. The layout can be fixed either at the design time or at the run time. Following are the few basic layouts in Android

1.       Linear Layout

Linear layout is used to align all its child elements in a specific direction either horizontally or vertically.

2.       Relative Layout

Relative layout is used to align all its child elements based on the position of other element within it. If no relative positioning is given all the elements will be in the same place.

3.       Table Layout

Table layout is used to group the elements as rows and columns. Where each rows has zero or one cells, where each cell can have a view object.

4.       Grid Layout

Grid layout is used to display a 2-dimensional scrollable grid, generally the items to the list are added using a List Adapter.

5.       Frame Layout

Frame layout is generally used to as a placeholder on the screen for displaying an item. It generally blocks out an area in the screen to display the single item.

6.       List View

List layout is used to display a list of items with a scrollable option, generally the items to the list are generally added using an Adapter. The list of items can be a text or custom designed by extending the Base Adapter.

These are the main layout which we will be working on.