-{@link android.widget.TableLayout} positions its children into rows - and columns. TableLayout containers do not display border lines for their rows, columns, - or cells. The table will have as many columns as the row with the most cells. A table can leave -cells empty, but cells cannot span columns, as they can in HTML.
-{@link android.widget.TableRow} objects are the child views of a TableLayout -(each TableRow defines a single row in the table). -Each row has zero or more cells, each of which is defined by any kind of other View. So, the cells of a row may be -composed of a variety of View objects, like ImageView or TextView objects. -A cell may also be a ViewGroup object (for example, you can nest another TableLayout as a cell).
-The following sample layout has two rows and two cells in each. The accompanying screenshot shows the -result, with cell borders displayed as dotted lines (added for visual effect).
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+ {@link android.widget.TableLayout} positions its children into rows and
+ columns. TableLayout containers do not display border lines for their rows,
+ columns, or cells. The table will have as many columns as the row with the
+ most cells. A table can leave cells empty. Cells can span multiple columns,
+ as they can in HTML. You can span columns by using the span
+ field in the {@link android.widget.TableRow.LayoutParams} class.
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+ Note: Cells cannot span multiple rows. +
+ ++ {@link android.widget.TableRow} objects are the child views of a TableLayout + (each TableRow defines a single row in the table). Each row has zero or more + cells, each of which is defined by any kind of other View. So, the cells of + a row may be composed of a variety of View objects, like ImageView or + TextView objects. A cell may also be a ViewGroup object (for example, you + can nest another TableLayout as a cell). +
++ The following sample layout has two rows and two cells in each. The + accompanying screenshot shows the result, with cell borders displayed as + dotted lines (added for visual effect). +