Making the layout look pretty

In this section, we will explore some more attributes that control the finer details of our UI. You have probably noticed how the UI looks a bit squashed in some places, and wonky and unsymmetrical in others. As we progress through the book, we will continually add to our repertoire to improve our layouts, but these short steps will introduce and take care of some of the basics:

1. Select the Multiline Text, and then expand the Padding attribute. Set the all option to 15sp. This has made a neat area of space around the outside of the text.

2. To make a nice space below the Multiline text, find and expand the Layout_Margin attribute and set bottom to 100sp.

3. On both TextView widgets that are aligned/related to the buttons, set the textSize attribute to 20sp, the layout_gravity to center_vertical, the layout_width to match_parent, and the layout_weight to .7.

4. On both buttons, set the weight to .3. Notice how both buttons now take up exactly .3 of the width and the text ...