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align item vertically within parent

Lively Louse answered on August 11, 2022 Popularity 7/10 Helpfulness 1/10

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align item vertically within parent

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You have to use a parent container.

For example:

Box( 
    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
    contentAlignment = Center
) {
    Text(
        text = "Text",
    )
}
or:

Column(
    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
    verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Center,
    horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally
) {
    Text(
        text = "Text",
    )
}
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answered Aug 31, 2021 at 11:38

Gabriele Mariotti
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"Type mismatch. Required: Alignment.Horizontal Found: Arrangement.HorizontalOrVertical" – 
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I asked the same question here which is done with android:gravity param using views, as answered by PhilipDukhov it's not possible only with Text, you need to have another container, preferably Box to align Text component inside.

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edited Aug 30, 2021 at 17:38
answered Aug 30, 2021 at 17:32

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It is difficult to give an exact answer without seeing your code, but I would say you need to use container's Alignment.CenterVertically instead of TextAlign

Something like:

Row {
    Text(
        text = "Text",
        modifier = Modifier.align(alignment = Alignment.CenterVertically)
    )

    Image(
        ...
    )
}
or:

Column(
    modifier = Modifier
        .align(Alignment.CenterVertically)
) {
    Text(text = "Text")
    Text(text = "Text 2")
}
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edited Aug 30, 2021 at 17:24
answered Aug 30, 2021 at 15:37

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first use .wrapContentHeight() in modifier, then you can use align(CenterVertically) param to center the text.

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answered Jan 4 at 15:32

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Create a simple composable function to show anything in center:

@Composable
fun Center(
    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
    content: @Composable () -> Unit,
) {
    Box(
        modifier = modifier,
        contentAlignment = Alignment.Center
    ) {
        content()
    }
}
Call it from any other function:

@Composable
fun CenterAlignedText() {
    Center(Modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
        Text("Hello World!")
    }
}

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