Android - Difference between Gridlayout and Staggered Gridlayout

Question

I am working in android material design api & want to display some data in grid format. I tried both GridLayout and StaggeredGridlayout and both look same. For general information, i want to ask what is the difference between Gridlayout and StaggeredGridlayout?

Thank you.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34216890/android-difference-between-gridlayout-and-staggered-gridlayout

Answer 1

Grid View : It is is a ViewGroup that displays items in a two-dimensional, scrollable grid. In this each Grid is of same size (Height and width). Grid View shows symmetric items in view.

Staggered Grid View : It is basically an extension to Grid View but in this each Grid is of varying size(Height and width). Staggered Grid View shows asymmetric items in view.

Tutorial to implement Staggered Grid View :

1. Staggered Grid View
2. Pinterest Masonry layout Staggered Grid View