Android: GridLayout spacing between items

Question

I have a grid layout which is filled with buttons. I want the buttons to be more distant from each other, what code should I write? I tried to search for it but only found a solution for GridView, not GridLayout.

Farleigh

check this answer if it helps https://mcmap.net/q/471138/-gridlayout-not-gridview-spaces-between-the-cells – Emmie

Possible duplicate of GridLayout(not GridView) - Spaces between the cells – Brunhilde

These don't seem to be duplicates. This is about adding spacing; the other is about removing it. – Ress

Answer 1

You can put margin to the buttons

Ap

what if I have to dynamically rearrange columns and rows? the margin will mess everything up in that case. – Comber

margin will not show equal spacing on each side. For example: margin of 2dp on each item will show 2 dp on each side but item after will also have 2 dp on each side. Making it total of 4dp space in between now. – Escort

You can put only margin end on the individual items to avoid duplication of margins. – Snuffer

Answer 2

Instead of adding margin to each buttons, use android:useDefaultMargins="true"

It is better than adding margin to each buttons!

Uniform

this doesn't answer the main question. Does this answer my doubts on the first answer? In that case you should've commented the answer. – Comber

Even if you re-arrange items they will stay distinct and wont mess up with each other – Uniform