Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 4th Edition

Making Uniform Buttons

Before creating any XML drawables, modify res/layout/list_item_sound.xml to prep your buttons for the changes to come.

Listing 22.1  Spacing the buttons out (res/layout/list_item_sound.xml)

<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
    <data>
        <variable
                name="viewModel"
                type="com.bignerdranch.android.beatbox.SoundViewModel"/>
    </data> 
    <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_margin="8dp">
        <Button
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="120dp"
                android:layout_width="100dp"
                android:layout_height="100dp"
                android:layout_gravity="center" android:onClick="@{() -> viewModel.onButtonClicked()}" ...