RelativeLayout is a view group that displays child views in relative positions. The position of each view can be specified as relative to sibling elements (such as to the left-of or below another view) or in positions relative to the parent RelativeLayout area (such as aligned to the bottom, left or center).

What is the difference between linear and RelativeLayout in Android?

The difference between linear and relative layout in android is that in linear layout, the “children” can be placed either horizontally or vertically, but, in relative layout, the children can be placed with relative distance from each other. This is the difference between linear and relative layouts.

How do you use RelativeLayout?

In android, RelativeLayout is a ViewGroup which is used to specify the position of child View instances relative to each other (Child A to the left of Child B) or relative to the parent (Aligned to the top of parent). Following is the pictorial representation of relative layout in android applications.