49.2 Designing the CardView Layout

The layout of the views contained within the cards will be defined within a separate XML layout file. Within the Project tool window right-click on the app -> res -> layout entry and select the New -> Layout Resource File menu option. In the New Resource Dialog enter card_layout into the File name: field and androidx.cardview.widget.CardView into the root element field before clicking on the OK button.

Load the card_layout.xml file into the Layout Editor tool, switch to Code mode and modify the layout so that it reads as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView

    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

    android:layout_width="match_parent"

    android:layout_height...