public static class

ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams

extends ViewGroup.LayoutParams
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams
     ↳ android.view.ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams
Known Direct Subclasses
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

Per-child layout information for layouts that support margins. See ViewGroup Margin Layout Attributes for a list of all child view attributes that this class supports.

Summary

XML Attributes
Attribute Name Related Method Description
android:layout_marginBottom setMargins(int,int,int,int) Specifies extra space on the bottom side of this view. 
android:layout_marginLeft setMargins(int,int,int,int) Specifies extra space on the left side of this view. 
android:layout_marginRight setMargins(int,int,int,int) Specifies extra space on the right side of this view. 
android:layout_marginTop setMargins(int,int,int,int) Specifies extra space on the top side of this view. 
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Inherited XML Attributes
From class android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams
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Inherited Constants
From class android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams
Fields
public int bottomMargin The bottom margin in pixels of the child.
public int leftMargin The left margin in pixels of the child.
public int rightMargin The right margin in pixels of the child.
public int topMargin The top margin in pixels of the child.
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Inherited Fields
From class android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams
Public Constructors
ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams(Context c, AttributeSet attrs)
Creates a new set of layout parameters.
ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams(int width, int height)
ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams(ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams source)
Copy constructor.
ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams source)
Public Methods
void setMargins(int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
Sets the margins, in pixels.
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Inherited Methods
From class android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams
From class java.lang.Object

XML Attributes

android:layout_marginBottom

Since: API Level

Specifies extra space on the bottom side of this view. This space is outside this view's bounds.

Must be a dimension value, which is a floating point number appended with a unit such as "14.5sp". Available units are: px (pixels), dp (density-independent pixels), sp (scaled pixels based on preferred font size), in (inches), mm (millimeters).

This may also be a reference to a resource (in the form "@[package:]type:name") or theme attribute (in the form "?[package:][type:]name") containing a value of this type.

This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol layout_marginBottom.

Related Methods

android:layout_marginLeft

Since: API Level

Specifies extra space on the left side of this view. This space is outside this view's bounds.

Must be a dimension value, which is a floating point number appended with a unit such as "14.5sp". Available units are: px (pixels), dp (density-independent pixels), sp (scaled pixels based on preferred font size), in (inches), mm (millimeters).

This may also be a reference to a resource (in the form "@[package:]type:name") or theme attribute (in the form "?[package:][type:]name") containing a value of this type.

This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol layout_marginLeft.

Related Methods

android:layout_marginRight

Since: API Level

Specifies extra space on the right side of this view. This space is outside this view's bounds.

Must be a dimension value, which is a floating point number appended with a unit such as "14.5sp". Available units are: px (pixels), dp (density-independent pixels), sp (scaled pixels based on preferred font size), in (inches), mm (millimeters).

This may also be a reference to a resource (in the form "@[package:]type:name") or theme attribute (in the form "?[package:][type:]name") containing a value of this type.

This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol layout_marginRight.

Related Methods

android:layout_marginTop

Since: API Level

Specifies extra space on the top side of this view. This space is outside this view's bounds.

Must be a dimension value, which is a floating point number appended with a unit such as "14.5sp". Available units are: px (pixels), dp (density-independent pixels), sp (scaled pixels based on preferred font size), in (inches), mm (millimeters).

This may also be a reference to a resource (in the form "@[package:]type:name") or theme attribute (in the form "?[package:][type:]name") containing a value of this type.

This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol layout_marginTop.

Related Methods

Fields

public int bottomMargin

Since: API Level 1

The bottom margin in pixels of the child.

public int leftMargin

Since: API Level 1

The left margin in pixels of the child.

public int rightMargin

Since: API Level 1

The right margin in pixels of the child.

public int topMargin

Since: API Level 1

The top margin in pixels of the child.

Public Constructors

public ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams (Context c, AttributeSet attrs)

Since: API Level 1

Creates a new set of layout parameters. The values are extracted from the supplied attributes set and context.

Parameters
c the application environment
attrs the set of attributes from which to extract the layout parameters' values

public ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams (int width, int height)

Since: API Level 1

public ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams (ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams source)

Since: API Level 1

Copy constructor. Clones the width, height and margin values of the source.

Parameters
source The layout params to copy from.

public ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams (ViewGroup.LayoutParams source)

Since: API Level 1

Public Methods

public void setMargins (int left, int top, int right, int bottom)

Since: API Level 1

Sets the margins, in pixels.

Related XML Attributes
Parameters
left the left margin size
top the top margin size
right the right margin size
bottom the bottom margin size