How to right align widget in horizontal linear layout Android?

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This is the code I am using and it is not working:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <TextView android:text="TextView" android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="right">
    </TextView>

</LinearLayout>
alignment android
20 Answers

For LinearLayout with horizontal orientation, give layout_weight to other child view except for the view that you want to align right. This works perfectly.

 <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="horizontal" >
    
            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:text="Specialization"
                />
    
            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="Right"
                android:textColor="#ff0000" />
    
    </LinearLayout>
user_135102230

No need to use any extra view or element:

//that is so easy and simple

<LinearLayout
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:orientation="horizontal"
>

//this is left alignment

<TextView
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="No. of Travellers"
      android:textColor="#000000"
      android:layout_weight="1"
      android:textStyle="bold"
      android:textAlignment="textStart"
      android:gravity="start" />

//this is right alignment

<TextView
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="Done"
      android:textStyle="bold"
      android:textColor="@color/colorPrimary"
      android:layout_weight="1"
      android:textAlignment="textEnd"
      android:gravity="end" />

</LinearLayout>
user_86938070

Adding view is bit difficult and it cover all screen width like this:

<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

<View
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:layout_weight="1" />                

<Button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

Try to this code:

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="right"
    >

    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Create Account"/>

</LinearLayout>
user_100245960

For aligning one element at start and one at the end of the LinearLayout, you can wrap it in an RelativeLayout.

 <androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_margin="8dp"
    android:weightSum="2">

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:gravity="start">
        <com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Cancel"
            android:textColor="@android:color/background_dark"
            android:backgroundTint="@android:color/transparent"/>
    </RelativeLayout>

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:gravity="end">
        <com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textColor="@android:color/background_dark"
            android:backgroundTint="@android:color/transparent"
            android:text="Save"/>
    </RelativeLayout>
</androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat>

The result of this example is following: Link to the image

Note: You can wrap whatever you want inside and align it.

user_115438640

this is my xml, dynamic component to align right, in my case i use 3 button

 <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/checkinInputCodeMember">

            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_weight="7"
                android:orientation="vertical" />

            <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton
                android:id="@+id/bttn_extends"
                style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="right"
                android:textColor="@color/colorAccent"
                android:text="3"/>

            <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton
                android:id="@+id/bttn_checkout"
                style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="right"
                android:textColor="@color/colorAccent"
                android:text="2"/>

            <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton
                android:id="@+id/checkinButtonScanQrCodeMember"
                style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="right"
                android:textColor="@color/colorAccent"
                android:text="1"/>


        </LinearLayout>

and the result

you can hide the right first button with change visibility GONE, and this my code

 <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/checkinInputCodeMember">

            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_weight="7"
                android:orientation="vertical" />

            <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton
                android:id="@+id/bttn_extends"
                style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="right"
                android:textColor="@color/colorAccent"
                android:text="3"/>

            <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton
                android:id="@+id/bttn_checkout"
                style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="right"
                android:textColor="@color/colorAccent"
                android:text="2"/>

            <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton
                android:id="@+id/checkinButtonScanQrCodeMember"
                style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="right"
                android:text="1"
                android:textColor="@color/colorAccent"
                **android:visibility="gone"**/>


        </LinearLayout>

still align right, after visibility gone first right component

result code 1

result code 2

user_22337640

Here is a sample. the key to arrange is as follows

android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"

Complete code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:padding="5dp">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/categoryName"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:text="abcd" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/spareName"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:text="efgh" />

</LinearLayout>

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user_5637350

Use match_parent and gravity to set the TextView text to right, like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <TextView android:text="TextView" android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="right">
    </TextView>

</LinearLayout>
user_54688850
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