TableLayout divide space without stretching the button?

Question

I want the buttons to be their original size (wrap content), but them to be aligned in that logical cell location. Is that possible? I mean, I want something like,

|[Lisa]_______|[Simpson]____|

not,

|[___Lisa____]|[__Simpson__]|

or,

|[Lisa]|[Simpson]___________|

The following code did not work.

<TableLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <TableRow>
        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:text="Lisa"/>

        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:text="Simpson"/>
    </TableRow>

Answer 1

TableLayout centers its items by default. What you can use is a LinearLayout , like this:

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:text="Lisa"/>

    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:text="Simpson"/>

</LinearLayout>

This divides the space of the two buttons evenly, but does not center each button. This is how it looks.