Android beginner question.

Question

why i cant move my buttons up.press the link and scroll down to see the question.
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Answer 1

@Oyl, for vertical LinearLayout, if one nested element's width is match_parent, then it'll occupy the whole width of the parent element. So there will be no place for it's sibling elements.

Use the following structure:

Horizontal LinearLayout
Vertical LinearLayout-1
3 Buttons
Vertical LinearLayout-2
3 Buttons
Vertical LinearLayout-3
3 Buttons
(Maintain open and close tags properly)

Here is a sample code for 9 buttons using LinearLayout:
https://code.sololearn.com/WMBUJERVYl88/#html

It won't run in code playground. You can copy and paste it here: http://labs.udacity.com/android-visualizer/

Note: I used layout_weight property here for my convenience. It can be done in different ways.

Answer 2

android:gravity should be like this:

android:gravity="top|center_horizontal"

Answer 3

What?

Answer 4

sorry edited.u can see now

Answer 5

i have tried it.it still remains the same.i want it to align with the 3 buttons on the top