I'm using Android Studio for application development and I have a problem with placing elements in the screen.
For example: I'm trying to place a button to the right of the screen and in the studio its shown to the right of the screen but when I install the app in my smartphone i see it in the left of the screen (my smartphone is right to left configured).
How can i resolve it? (I use RelativeLayout if that matters).
Thanks!
The code for those who requested:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:weightSum="1"><![CDATA[
android:splitMotionEvents="true"
tools:context="tomer.newapp.MainActivity"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="81dp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="0dp">
]]>
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn"
android:layout_width="145dp"
android:layout_height="75dp"
android:layout_column="2"
android:layout_row="2"
android:onClick="btnclick"
android:text="Click!"
android:textSize="30sp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="223dp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="140dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="11dp"
android:layout_marginStart="11dp"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />
</RelativeLayout>It would be easier to answer your question if you included some code. However, assuming your button is inside a relative parent layout which fills the screen, adding this to your button's xml code will make it align to the right:
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
ie.
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn"
android:layout_width="145dp"
android:layout_height="75dp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:onClick="btnclick"
android:text="Click!"
android:textSize="30sp" />
Or to make it really easy, replace your entire XML with:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:weightSum="1">
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn"
android:layout_width="145dp"
android:layout_height="75dp"
android:onClick="btnclick"
android:text="Click!"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>
Note that the absolute values that you are using are in the tools namespace - this means they are not compiled into your app.
tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="223dp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="140dp"
That is probably why you are getting this kind of behavior. Remove them and then see if the button moves to the left of the screen.
More about tools namespace - here