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Kotlin and Android Development featuring Jetpack : No complete explanation on 0dp

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Title: Kotlin and Android Development featuring Jetpack - 0dp explained or not? (page 21)

0dp is pointed out to be explained, yet with an explanation of dp as “a certain number of density-independent pixels”, author didn’t finish with the meaning of 0dp, does it mean zero density-independent pixel at all?

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mfazio23

mfazio23

Author of Kotlin and Android Development featuring Jetpack

Hi there!
After the first time 0dp is mentioned, the next sentence is the explanation:

That turns the responsibility of sizing the view over to the .

In other words, setting something to 0dp means the assigned constraints will handle the sizing for the component. Or, if the constraints are not there, the component actually has no size.

Hope this helps!

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swuphoto

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Oh, that helped a lot!

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