Android GridLayout

GridLayout

GridLayout was introduced with Android 4.0. This layout allows you to organize a view into a Grid. GridLayout separates its drawing area into: rows, columns, and cells.
You can specify how many columns you want for define for each View in which row and column it should be placed and how many columns and rows it should use. If not specified GridLayout uses defaults, e.g. one column, one row and the position of a View depends on the order of the declaration of the Views.
The following layout file defines a layout using GridLayout.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<GridLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/GridLayout1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:columnCount="4"
    android:useDefaultMargins="true" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_column="0"
        android:layout_columnSpan="3"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:layout_marginTop="40dp"
        android:layout_row="0"
        android:text="User Credentials"
        android:textSize="32dip" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_column="0"
        android:layout_gravity="right"
        android:layout_row="1"
        android:text="User Name: " >
    </TextView>

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/input1"
        android:layout_column="1"
        android:layout_columnSpan="2"
        android:layout_row="1"
        android:ems="10" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_column="0"
        android:layout_gravity="right"
        android:layout_row="2"
        android:text="Password: " >
    </TextView>

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/input1"
        android:layout_column="1"
        android:layout_columnSpan="2"
        android:layout_row="2"
        android:ems="8" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_column="2"
        android:layout_row="3"
        android:text="Login" />

</GridLayout> 

This creates a user interface similar to the following screenshot.