How to make button to fill 50% from the screen width in android?

This should be possible by using weightSum and layout_weight:

<LinearLayout
 xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:orientation="horizontal"
 android:weightSum="1.0">
 <Button
  android:id="@+id/textbox3"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:layout_weight=".5"
  android:layout_width="0dip"
  android:textSize="12sp" />
</LinearLayout>