Android Grid Layout Example

Introduced in Android 4.0,the Grid Layout uses a rectangular grid of infinitely thin lines to layout Views in a series of rows and coloumns.The Grid Layout is increible,flexible and can be used to greatly simplify layouts and reduce, eliminate complex nesting.

Activity_main.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<GridView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/gridView1"
    android:numColumns="auto_fit"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:columnWidth="50dp"
    android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
 
</GridView>
        

Main Activity.Java

package info.siddhu.gridlayout;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.GridView;
import android.app.Activity;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 

  GridView gridView;

 
 static final String[] numbers = new String[] { 
     "1", "2", "3", "4", "5",
     "6", "7", "8", "9", "10",
     "K", "L", "M", "N", "O",
     "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T",
     "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z"};
 
 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
   gridView = (GridView) findViewById(R.id.gridView1);
   
    ArrayAdapter adapter = new ArrayAdapter(this,
      android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, numbers);
   
    gridView.setAdapter(adapter);  
 }
}
  

Output: