Question

What is the difference between match_parent and fill_parent?
Both are same thing and are different name in different API version.

Answer 1

Hi Karthick
Both are the same thing which is fill_parent is renamed as match_parent to avoid confusion in api level 8+.

FILL_PARENT (renamed MATCH_PARENT in API Level 8 and higher), which means that the view wants to be as big as its parent (minus padding).

from this official docs link: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/ViewGroup.LayoutParams.html#FILL_PARENT

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