how is the StackLayout used in android?

Question

is it possible to use the stacklayout in xamarin android platform while not using xamarin forms? if it is then how do  i go about it,if it is not then which is the alternative?

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan · Accepted Answer

Actually that is a control of Xamarin.Forms, not just for Android but for iOS and other frameworks as well. If you want to target Android only (and not the other frameworks), you can then use the LinearLayout, it would be much closer to what this control provides and supports. LinearLayout would be useful, but not that much... RelativeLayout in Android is much cleaner...  Can you share the purpose, or reason why you want to ignore Xamarin.Forms and still want to use that control? :-)

Josh Cardif · Answer

thanks that's what I already decided to use

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan · Answer

Oh, since this is a row x column format, I would recommend that you use GridLayout. Then you can inflate the layout for this, and set up the child controls (image buttons in your code).

Josh Cardif · Answer

I am a beginner trying to learn Android development using xamarin. Iam working on an application that needs to have three image buttons across one row and three image buttons along one column thus a total of 9 image buttons in the Main layout(like a 3 by 3 grid of image buttons). is there any other approach I can use?
Thank you.