How do I center something in parent and then draw something next to it? if it were a `Row` then ob...

# compose

[ursus]

How do I center something in parent and then draw something next to it?

if it were a Row then obviously the center would be in the middle of the two, which is not what I want

Only a custom layout? (Am I basically thinking of RelativeLayout?)

[Francesc]

a custom layout seems the best approach. You could use onGloballyPositioned and adjust the 2nd view based on the info from the 1st, but that's not the way I'd go

[ursus]

Hmm yea, or hacky way could be to put a spacer in the Row to act as counterweight. which then would center the center thing,

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[Kirill Grouchnikov]

What is the “draw something next to it”? A canvas, a composable with interactable content in it, an image?

[ursus]

Its just a Button with CircularProgressIndicator and Text, where I want the text centered, not their combined width

[Giang]

Compose constraint layout can do that, but too overkilling. Maybe add a square box that has the same size with indicator to the other side of the text

[Giang]

A custom layout can also do it easily imo

[ursus]

yea, thanks!