android:layout_weight assigns an “importance” value to a view in terms of how much space it should occupy on the screen.
  A larger weight value allows it to expand to fill any remaining space in the parent view.
 layout_weight of all of the children.
 center places the object in the center of its container in both the vertical and horizontal axis, not changing its size.
 textAppearance, which specifies base text color, typeface, size, and style.
  Must be a reference to another resource, in the form 
  @[+][package:]type:namesuch as
@android:color/black or to a theme attribute in the form 
  ?[package:][type:]namesuch as
?android:attr/textColorPrimary.
 
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<LinearLayout
  xmlns:android            = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:orientation      = "vertical"
  android:layout_width     = "fill_parent"
  android:layout_height    = "fill_parent"
  android:weightSum        = "1"
  android:gravity          = "center">
  <TextView
    android:layout_width   = "wrap_content"
    android:layout_height  = "wrap_content"
    android:textAppearance = "?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
    android:text           = "Hello, your name:"
    android:layout_weight  = "0.07"
    android:textStyle      = "bold" />
  <EditText
    android:layout_width   = "216dp"
    android:layout_height  = "wrap_content"
    android:id             = "@+id/name" />
  <Button
    android:layout_width   = "wrap_content"
    android:layout_height  = "wrap_content"
    android:text           = "@string/next_page"
    android:id             = "@+id/next" />
</LinearLayout>
    
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