I am trying to equally distribute 2 RelativeLayout which is child of Linear Layout.
But when ever make Weight = "1" and width = "0". It just shrinks up into a line.
What I want: Equally Distributed in horizontal manner
problem : It Shrinks into a line
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:weightSum="2" <!-- here is the problem -->
android:layout_below="@id/commentry_text_view"
android:id="@+id/score_and_life"
android:paddingTop="16dp"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_weight="1dp" <!-- Here Is weight -->
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="50dp">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/score"
style="@style/Header_Text"
android:id="@+id/score_text_view"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/socreDigit"
android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"
style="@style/secondary_text"
android:id="@+id/Score_Digit_Text_View"
android:layout_toRightOf="@id/score_text_view"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_weight="1dp" <!-- Here Is weight -->
android:layout_marginLeft="150dp"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/life"
style="@style/Header_Text"
android:id="@+id/life_text_view"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/lifeDigit"
android:layout_toRightOf="@id/life_text_view"
android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"
style="@style/secondary_text"
android:id="@+id/Life_count_Text_view"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Set them both to layout_weight="1", not 1dp. The weight value is a fraction, 1dp
is a measurement in pixels, so it's getting confused and counting it as zero
By the way you can remove weightSum="2"
(that just means your weights for the full width add up to 2) and just set each weight to 0.5
i.e. 50% of the width. Whichever makes the most sense to you!