Android make button 1/3 of screen width and height in relative layout

Issue

I have some XML. In this XML there is a single button inside a relative layout. The relative layout takes up the entire screen. I want the button to have 1/3 of the screen width and height. How could I do this?

Here is the XML:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingLeft="0dp"
    android:paddingRight="0dp"
    android:paddingTop="0dp"
    android:paddingBottom="0dp"
    tools:context="com.vroy.trapper.MainMenuActivity"
    android:layout_weight="2">

    <Button
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:text="@string/menu_button_text"
        android:background="@drawable/round_button"
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        />
</RelativeLayout>

I looked at this question, but even though I assigned a weight to the relative layout itself I could not assign a weight to the button.

Solution

you can do this easily in java code.

write this code in oncreate.

    Button btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
    int width = getResources().getDisplayMetrics().widthPixels/3;
    int height = getResources().getDisplayMetrics().heightPixels/3;
    btn.setLayoutParams(new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(width, heigth));

Answered By - Jayanth