Question: I have two linear layouts inside a parent linear layout. all horizontal. I want all of `l_child` to show and part of `r_child` to show; while the rest of `r_child` will be off-screen to the right. How do I accomplish that? 

```
<LinearLayout

    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/l_child"
        android:orientation="horizontal" >
    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/r_child"
        android:orientation="horizontal" >
    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

```

Answer: 
Layout weights are only for distributing layouts to fill a view, so no overflowing can be done this way.

Assigning layout\_width with density independent pixels will result in varied success for different size devices.

So I believe you would have more success adding your layouts programmatically based on the screen size.

See this post for getting the screen width:
[Get screen dimensions in pixels](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1016896/how-to-get-screen-dimensions)

Once you have the screen width, you can assign the inner-layout dimensions by pixels (with LinearLayout.LayoutParams), calculated as percentages of the screen width. 

If you want the left layout to take up 80% of the screen, use .8\*screen\_width for the size, and if you want the right layout to then overflow by 20% of the screen, use .4\*screen\_width for that size.
Do you mean something like this 

```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:orientation="horizontal"
>

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    android:layout_height="70dp"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|top">

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="48dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        />
    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="48dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:id="@+id/imageView2"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>
    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="48dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:id="@+id/imageView3"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>
</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    android:layout_height="70dp"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|top">

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="48dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_marginRight="200dp"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>
    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="48dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:id="@+id/imageView2"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>
    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="48dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:id="@+id/imageView3"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

```