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page.title=Hello, TableLayout
parent.title=Hello, Views
parent.link=index.html
@jd:body

<p>A {@link android.widget.TableLayout} is a ViewGroup that 
will lay child View elements into rows and columns.</p>


<ol>
  <li>Start a new project/Activity called HelloTableLayout.</li>
  <li>Open the layout file.
    Make it like so:
<pre>
&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
&lt;TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:stretchColumns="1">

    &lt;TableRow>
        &lt;TextView
            android:layout_column="1"
            android:text="Open..."
            android:padding="3dip" />
        &lt;TextView
            android:text="Ctrl-O"
            android:gravity="right"
            android:padding="3dip" />
    &lt;/TableRow>

    &lt;TableRow>
        &lt;TextView
            android:layout_column="1"
            android:text="Save..."
            android:padding="3dip" />
        &lt;TextView
            android:text="Ctrl-S"
            android:gravity="right"
            android:padding="3dip" />
    &lt;/TableRow>

    &lt;TableRow>
        &lt;TextView
            android:layout_column="1"
            android:text="Save As..."
            android:padding="3dip" />
        &lt;TextView
            android:text="Ctrl-Shift-S"
            android:gravity="right"
            android:padding="3dip" />
    &lt;/TableRow>

    &lt;View
        android:layout_height="2dip"
        android:background="#FF909090" />

    &lt;TableRow>
        &lt;TextView
            android:text="X"
            android:padding="3dip" />
        &lt;TextView
            android:text="Import..."
            android:padding="3dip" />
    &lt;/TableRow>

    &lt;TableRow>
        &lt;TextView
            android:text="X"
            android:padding="3dip" />
        &lt;TextView
            android:text="Export..."
            android:padding="3dip" />
        &lt;TextView
            android:text="Ctrl-E"
            android:gravity="right"
            android:padding="3dip" />
    &lt;/TableRow>

    &lt;View
        android:layout_height="2dip"
        android:background="#FF909090" />

    &lt;TableRow>
        &lt;TextView
            android:layout_column="1"
            android:text="Quit"
            android:padding="3dip" />
    &lt;/TableRow>
&lt;/TableLayout>
</pre>
<p>Notice how this resembles the structure of an HTML table. <code>TableLayout</code> is like the
<code>table</code> element; <code>TableRow</code> is like a <code>tr</code> element; but for our cells like
the html <code>td</code> element, we can use any kind of View. Here, we use <code>TextView</code> for the cells.</p>

</li>
<li>Make sure your Activity loads this layout in the <code>onCreate()</code> method:
<pre>
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
}
</pre>
<p><code>R.layout.main</code> refers to the <code>main.xml</code> layout file.</p>
</li>
<li>Run it.</li>
</ol>
<p>You should see the following:</p>
<img src="images/hello-tablelayout.png" width="150px" />

<h3>References</h3>
<ul>
  <li>{@link android.widget.TableLayout}</li>
  <li>{@link android.widget.TableRow}</li>
  <li>{@link android.widget.TextView}</li>
</ul>