How to vertically align and center objects in constraint layout? It is possible to align vertically or horizontally but I have not found a way to center at the same time beside constraining the vie...

Is it possible to achieve negative margin on constraint layout to achieve overlap? I am trying to have a image centered on the layout and have a Text view such that it overlaps a by x dp. I tried ...

When I'm using the layout editor in Android Studio and I try to make a chain (bidirectional constraint) between a EditText View and a Button View using the constraint anchors, it doesn't make the c...

I have a ViewHolder with the header on top and that header becomes visible in a specific case. In most other cases, the header is set as GONE. The problem is that when a header is set as GONE, its ...

I'm trying to create a layout composition using ConstraintLayout. In order to simplify my case, my layout should have three parts: The first layout (in red), that should grow according to the rema...

I need to apply some constraints to a group of views in ConstraintLayout. I want to group these views and continue editing while the layout designer in Android studio treats them as a single view. ...

I am not sure whether it is a bug of ConstraintLayout or not, so I try to ask if somebody knows I made any mistake. I have a layout which I want to spread evenly on the screen 3 elements. Just lik...

In ConstraintLayout I need to assume two views as a group and place this group center horizontal in the parent like the below image: This is my xml code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"...

I'm using Android Studio 3.4.1. When i work with ConstraintLayout, i dragged 3 buttons into the layout, select all, and create horizontal chain. But Cycle Chain Mode button not showing after that. ...

I'm having an issue to spread-chain 2 groups of elements with Constraint Layout. I understand the goal of this new layout is to use a flat hierarchy so I'd like to avoid putting my elements inside ...

UPDATE JULY 2020: Added information in the answer below to explain in more detail why/what does constrainedWidth/Height do and when it's applicable to use them. UPDATE JULY 2018: If you are using C...

I'm using androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout in my layout and it does not show the chains, also I can't drag any widgets. I just type the constraints that I want to use. <android...

I am using the constraint layout (android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout) as the main layout in my XML file. As we get the two View of layout(One is for User View And Second is for the drag an...

I'm working with an Android project and I used ConstraintLayout. I want to design the layout as two blocks which stay in horizontal line. Each block will get 50% of the width: How can I do this wi...

I have a ConstraintLayout with an ImageView and 3 chained TextViews with a spread_inside chain style: <android.support.design.card.MaterialCardView android:layout_width="match_parent" android...

I'm trying to build an activity with 3 imageViews according to the following layout: <------W-------> <------W--------> ^ +---------------+--------+---------------+ | | | | | | | | | ...

I am creating a dialog with two buttons aligned right in relation to the parent ConstraintLayout. Everything is fine, until the text of the buttons becomes very long. When the text of either or bo...

I have two images in constraint layout. I want to use chains feature with design page in android studio but I can't find icon or menu that represent Chains feature.