Hey, what’s up, guys. Android provides some layout to organize the views. Android has layouts like ConstraintLayout, RelativeLayout, FrameLayout, and LinearLayout. In this post, we will see what linear layout is in android.
What is LinearLayout in android?
LinearLayout is a view group that aligns all children (Views and layouts) in a single direction, vertically or horizontally.
In simple words, LinearLayout places views sequentially. Consider Your whole device screen as a single row then views will go vertically one after the other. Or, Consider your whole device screen as a single column then views will go horizontally one after the other.
To place the views vertically we set orientation attribute to vertical and to place the views horizontally we set the orientation attribute to horizontal.
Example with vertical orientation –
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 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"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="195dp"
app:srcCompat="@android:drawable/ic_lock_lock" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="93dp"
android:paddingStart="400px"
android:text="Locked"
android:textSize="30sp" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/button"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="83dp"
android:text="Unlock"
android:textSize="18sp" />
</LinearLayout>
MainActivity.java
package com.example.linearlayoutexample;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
}
Output :
See the output above. I have placed 3 views vertically – ImageView, TextView, and Button. All three views are one after the other vertically. Notice the orientation. I am using vertical orientation here.
Now let’s see the same example with horizontal orientation.
Example with horizontal orientation –
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 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"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="136dp"
android:layout_height="168dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
app:srcCompat="@android:drawable/ic_lock_lock" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView"
android:layout_width="121dp"
android:layout_height="163dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:paddingTop="200px"
android:text="Locked"
android:textSize="30sp" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="79dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="Unlock"
android:textSize="18sp" />
</LinearLayout>
MainActivity.java
package com.example.linearlayoutexample;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
}
Output :
Here I have used horizontal orientation in the same example. All three views are placed horizontally one after the other.
That’s all about LinearLayout in android.
Goodbye.
DeveloperXon 
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